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List of works by José Melo-Ferreira

Adaptive introgression underlies polymorphic seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares

scientific article published in Science

Advances in Ecological Speciation: an integrative approach

scientific article

An Annotated Draft Genome of the Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus)

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Analysis of substitution rates showed that TLR5 is evolving at different rates among mammalian groups

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Colonization history of Mallorca Island by the European rabbit,Oryctolagus cuniculus, and the Iberian hare,Lepus granatensis(Lagomorpha: Leporidae)

Conservation implications of the evolutionary history and genetic diversity hotspots of the snowshoe hare

scientific article

Cryptic speciation in the field vole: a multilocus approach confirms three highly divergent lineages in Eurasia.

scientific article published on 19 November 2012

Endogenization of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-like elements in genomes of pikas (Ochotona sp.).

scientific article published on 4 July 2015

Evidence for genetic similarity of two allopatric European hares (Lepus corsicanus and L. castroviejoi) inferred from nuclear DNA sequences.

scientific article published on 28 November 2007

Evidence for niche similarities in the allopatric sister speciesLepus castroviejoiandLepus corsicanus

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Evidence for widespread positive and purifying selection across the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) genome

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Function and underlying mechanisms of seasonal colour moulting in mammals and birds: what keeps them changing in a warming world?

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds.

scientific article published on 18 May 2016

Hares in Corsica: high prevalence of Lepus corsicanus and hybridization with introduced L. europaeus and L. granatensis

Hares on thin ice: Introgression of mitochondrial DNA in hares and its implications for recent phylogenetic analyses

scholarly article by Paulo Célio Alves et al published August 2006 in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Home-loving boreal hare mitochondria survived several invasions in Iberia: the relative roles of recurrent hybridisation and allele surfing.

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Insights into the evolution of the new variant rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (GI.2) and the identification of novel recombinant strains.

scientific article published on 11 February 2018

Interspecific X-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA introgression in the Iberian hare: selection or allele surfing?

scientific article published on March 16, 2011

Introgression drives repeated evolution of winter coat color polymorphism in hares

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

Introgression of mitochondrial DNA among Myodes voles: consequences for energetics?

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Molecular and ecological signs of mitochondrial adaptation: consequences for introgression?

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Mountain hare transcriptome and diagnostic markers as resources to monitor hybridization with European hares

scientific article

Museomics Dissects the Genetic Basis for Adaptive Seasonal Coloration in the Least Weasel

scientific article published in 2021

Not so pseudo: the evolutionary history of protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 2 and related pseudogenes

scientific article (publication date: 6 November 2013)

Parapatric species and the implications for climate change studies: a case study on hares in Europe

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Past, Present and Future Distributions of an Iberian Endemic, Lepus granatensis: Ecological and Evolutionary Clues from Species Distribution Models

scientific article published on December 13, 2012

Post-glacial range revolutions in South European hares (<i>Lepus</i> spp.): Insights from ancient DNA and ecological niche modelling

scientific article published in 2018

Range dynamics driven by Quaternary climate oscillations explain the distribution of introgressed mtDNA of Lepus timidusorigin in hares from the Iberian Peninsula

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Range expansion underlies historical introgressive hybridization in the Iberian hare.

scientific article published on 25 January 2017

Recurrent introgression of mitochondrial DNA among hares (Lepus spp.) revealed by species-tree inference and coalescent simulations.

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Reference-free transcriptome assembly in non-model animals from next-generation sequencing data.

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Sequencing of Sylvilagus VDJ genes reveals a new VHa allelic lineage and shows that ancient VH lineages were retained differently in leporids

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

The elusive nature of adaptive mitochondrial DNA evolution of an arctic lineage prone to frequent introgression.

scientific article

The evolution of white-tailed jackrabbit camouflage in response to past and future seasonal climates

scientific article published on 23 March 2023

The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

The evolutionary pathways for local adaptation in mountain hares

scientific article published in 2022

The genomic architecture of population divergence between subspecies of the European rabbit

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The genomic impact of historical hybridization with massive mitochondrial DNA introgression

scientific article published on 30 July 2018

The genomic legacy from the extinct Lepus timidus to the three hare species of Iberia: contrast between mtDNA, sex chromosomes and autosomes.

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The hidden history of the snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus: extensive mitochondrial DNA introgression inferred from multilocus genetic variation.

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The phylogeny of pikas (Ochotona) inferred from a multilocus coalescent approach

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

The rise and fall of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) during Pleistocene glaciations: expansion and retreat with hybridization in the Iberian Peninsula.

scientific article published in February 2007

The transcriptional landscape of seasonal coat colour moult in the snowshoe hare.

scientific article

The ubiquitous mountain hare mitochondria: multiple introgressive hybridization in hares, genus Lepus

scientific article (publication date: 12 September 2008)

Transcriptomic regulation of seasonal coat color change in hares

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

Winter color polymorphisms identify global hot spots for evolutionary rescue from climate change.

scientific article