P.I.: Marta Pascual
Research interests
- Genetics of introduced species, population genetics, introduction pathways and adaptive potential.
- Analyses of connectivity and selection processes across geographical gradients.
- Adaptation studies to environmental change.
- Identification of cryptic species.
- Conservation genetics in endangered species.
Research organisms
Sponges, Cnidarians, Echinoderms, Crustaceans, Drosophila, Ascidians, Fish, Sea turtles, Human.
Bioinformatic, analytic, experimental skills
- RNAseq, Genotyping by Sequencing, Microsatellite loci and Sanger sequencing techniques.
- Biological cycle analyses of selected organisms and interactions among species.
- Genetic adaptation to environmental change.
- Molecular phylogeography and phylogeny.
Lab website: http://challengenproject.blogspot.com.es/
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=dRt0zE4AAAAJ&hl=ca
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6189-0612
E-mail: martapascual@ub.edu