Joaquin C. B. Nunez

Revealing the abiotic and biotic drivers of past and future local adaptation in a coastal dogwhelk

The paper identifies abiotic and biotic drivers of local adaptation in dogwhelks and predicts future evolutionary responses to environmental changes.

A novel CTmax assay reveals divergent thermal acclimation capacity across three ecologically distinct sea urchins

This study develops a novel CTmax assay to compare thermal acclimation capacity across three sea urchin species, finding significant variation in their upper thermal tolerance and acclimatory responses.

A general model for the evolution of thermal performance curves with application to real time-series data

The paper develops a model to predict how thermal performance curves evolve under realistic temperature timeseries and genetic factors, showing multi-generation lags and adaptive tracking in Drosophila suzukii.

Evidence of Adaptation in Structural Variants among Wild Populations of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

The paper identifies nine putative chromosomal inversions in purple sea urchins, three showing signs of selection, suggesting structural variants contribute to adaptation in marine species with high gene flow.

Geographic Divergence in Population Genomics and Shell Morphology Reveal History of Glacial Refugia in a Coastal Dogwhelk

The paper uses genomic and morphological data from coastal dogwhelks to identify glacial refugia and their impact on population structure and shell morphology.

Precursors of Sea Star Wasting: Immune and Microbial Disruption During Initial Disease Outbreak in Southeast Alaska

The paper examines immune and microbial changes in sea stars during the early stages of Sea Star Wasting Disease, identifying immune activation and microbial shifts linked to disease onset.

Phenotypic and Genomic Evidence of Adaptive Tracking in Thermal Tolerance of Wild Populations of an Invasive Drosophila.

The paper examines adaptive tracking in Drosophila suzukii, finding that polygenic traits like thermal tolerance show delayed evolutionary responses, while oligogenic traits exhibit stronger seasonal genomic signatures.

Early life-stage thermal resilience is determined by climate-linked regulatory variation

This study identifies two regulatory SNPs associated with embryonic heat tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster, showing their correlation with climate variables and demonstrating genotype-to-phenotype links.

Footprints of worldwide adaptation in structured populations of D. melanogaster through the expanded DEST 2.0 genomic resource

The paper uses DEST 2.0 to analyze genetic variation in D. melanogaster across continents and time, identifying adaptation patterns and stable spatial genetic structures.

Microbiome composition shapes temperature tolerance in a Hawaiian picture-winged Drosophila

This study shows that microbiome composition affects thermal tolerance and reproduction in Drosophila basisetae, with population-specific and environmentally-dependent effects.

Balancing selection and the functional effects of shared polymorphism in cryptic Daphnia species

This study examines shared polymorphisms in Daphnia species, finding that balancing selection and convergent evolution explain their distribution, with functional effects on behavior and fitness.

Drosophila Evolution over Space and Time (DEST) - A New Population Genomics Resource

The paper develops a bioinformatics pipeline to integrate Drosophila melanogaster genomic data from diverse sources, creating a large dataset called DEST for population genetics analysis.

Note: Updating the metadata of four misidentified samples in the DrosRTEC dataset

The paper updates metadata for four misidentified samples in the DrosRTEC dataset using PCA and DAPC analysis of published datasets.