V. C. Sousa

Imaging Synaptic Vesicle Protein SV2C with 18F-UCB-F: An In Vitro Autoradiography and In Vivo NHP PET Study

This study evaluates [18F]UCB-F as a PET radioligand for imaging SV2C, finding it unsuitable due to poor in vivo stability and brain retention.

Competition for food affects the strength of reproductive interference and its consequences for species coexistence.

This study shows that food competition alters reproductive interference between spider mite species, affecting their competitive outcomes and coexistence.

Parallel evolution of local adaptation in Littorina saxatilis inferred with whole-genome pool-seq data

The paper uses whole-genome pool-seq data and approximate Bayesian computation to show parallel ecotype formation in Littorina saxatilis across Spain and Sweden despite gene flow.

Rapid and repeatable genome evolution across three hybrid ant populations

This study shows that selection leads to predictable genome evolution in hybrid ant populations within 50 generations, with repeated removal of ancestry from the species with lower effective population size.

Faster-haplodiploid evolution under divergence-with-gene-flow: simulations and empirical data from pine-feeding hymenopterans

This paper shows that haplodiploid species experience faster genomic differentiation during divergence with gene flow compared to diploids, supported by simulations and empirical data from pine-feeding hymenopterans.

Genomic data and multi-species demographic modelling uncover past hybridization between currently allopatric freshwater species

The paper uses genomic data and demographic modeling to show ancient hybridization between four allopatric freshwater fish species, with S. pyrenaicus likely resulting from hybridization between S. carolitertii and S. pyrenaicus South lineage.

Whole-genome analysis of multiple wood ant population pairs supports similar speciation histories, but different degrees of gene flow, across their European range

The study analyzes whole-genome data from multiple wood ant populations to show that divergence histories vary in gene flow intensity across their European range.

Adaptation and convergence in genes of the circadian system in Iberian Squalius freshwater species

The paper examines the molecular evolution of circadian genes in four Iberian freshwater fish species, finding evidence of positive selection and adaptive convergence in response to temperature differences between northern and southern climates.

The evolutionary history of Nebraska deer mice: local adaptation in the face of strong gene flow

This study examines the demographic and selective history of deer mice in Nebraska, finding that gene flow homogenizes most of the genome but the Agouti locus shows local adaptation due to cryptic coloration.