Miguel Carneiro

This study shows that artificial selection in canaries leads to polygenic changes across sensory and motor systems, affecting song diversity and auditory traits.

This study identifies melanogenesis gene mutations that alter feather photonic nanostructures, causing iridescent color changes in peafowl and wild birds.

The paper shows MHC-I diversity allowed wild rabbits to rapidly adapt to the myxoma virus pandemic through evolutionary shifts in allele frequencies.

This paper reports the genome of Pavonine herpesvirus 1, a novel Mardivirus from peafowl, showing it lacks oncogenic genes found in Mareks disease virus.

This study investigates how immune activation affects carotenoid-based coloration in male zebra finches, finding that reduced food intake, not immune response itself, drives changes in bill redness.

The paper investigates the mechanisms behind the loss of migratory behavior in Iberian white storks, finding that developmental plasticity, not genetic change or phenotypic flexibility, explains the shift towards residency.

The paper investigates the role of inversions in shaping genetic diversity and population structure in European sardines, finding they drive adaptive allele frequency differences across populations.

The paper identifies mutations in SLC45A2 causing loss of melanin in parrot feathers, contributing to blue structural coloration.

DevRO detects structural variants in multiple populations using paired-end mapping and depth of coverage without pairwise comparisons.