Santos Nunes, Maria - Oxford Brookes University - Department of Biological and Medical Sciences

研究领域

My research aims to unravel the genetic and developmental basis of phenotypic traits and the evolutionary processes underlying their evolution. My work focuses on identifying the genes responsible for changes in the morphology of genitalia within and between species of the D. melanogaster subgroup using QTL and introgression mapping of high quality state-of-the-art phenotypic (using scanning electron microscopy and morphometric analysis) and genotypic data (using multiplexed shotgun genotyping). I have now started to test the effect of evolved genomic regions on mating behaviour and reproductive fitness in order to understand the contribution of morphological divergence in male genitalia to the evolution of reproductive isolation, and to help explain genital evolution in fruit flies.

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Tanaka, K. M., Hopfen, C, Herbert, M. R., Schlöttterer, C., Stern, D. L., Masly, J.P, McGregor, A. P, Nunes, M. D. S. (2015). Characterisation of the genetic architecture underlying the rapid diversification of male external genitalia between Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana. Genetics (in revision). Hilbrant, H., Almudi, I., Leite, D. J, Kuncheria, L., Posnien, N., Nunes, M. D. S., McGregor, A. P. (2014). Sexual dimorphism and natural variation within and among species in the Drosophila retinal mosaic. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14 (1), 240. Nunes, Maria D. S., Arif, S., Schlötterer, C., McGregor, A. P. (2013). A Perspective on Micro-evo-devo: Progress and Potential. Genetics, 195 (3), 625-634. Arif, S. et al. (2013). Genetic and developmental analysis of differences in eye and face morphology between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution and Development 15 (4), pp.257-267. Arif, S. et al. (2013). Evolution of mir-92a underlies natural morphological variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Curr Biol 23 (6), pp.523-528. Nunes, M. D., Dolezal, M. and Schlotterer, C. (2013). Extensive paternal mtDNA leakage in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Ecol 22 (8), pp.2106-2117. Posnien, N. et al. (2012). Evolution of eye morphology and rhodopsin expression in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. PLoS One 7 (5), p.e37346. Nunes, M. D. et al. (2010). Multiple hybridization events between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana are supported by mtDNA introgression. Mol Ecol 19 (21), pp.4695-4707.