José Cerca

Swedish Museum of Natural History

Key Publications
Pangenomes as a framework for adaptive radiation, speciation, and adaptation
American Journal of Botany, 2025
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Norwegian wild alpine reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
Journal of Heredity, 2025
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Norwegian wild alpine reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus )
2025
k-mer approaches for biodiversity genomics
Genome Research, 2025
Reference genome bias in light of species-specific chromosomal reorganization and translocations
2024

I am interested in fundamental questions in ecological change and genome evolution. I combine genomic data (reference genomes, population/species-level sampling), together with ecological and phenotypic data from non-model organisms to understand how species evolve, focusing on the processes of adaptation and speciation.

While I work on multiple projects, I am especially passionate about evolution on islands, as these offer excellent models of evolutionary research.

Last updated: 2024-12-16

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