José Cerca

Swedish Museum of Natural History

Key Publications
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Norwegian wild alpine reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
Journal of Heredity, 2026
Phylogenomics and biogeography of the parrot genus Pyrrhura with implications for systematics and conservation
2026
Pangenomes as a framework for adaptive radiation, speciation, and adaptation
American Journal of Botany, 2025
Reference genome bias in light of species-specific chromosomal reorganization and translocations
Genome Biology, 2025
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Norwegian wild alpine reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
2025

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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