José Cerca

Swedish Museum of Natural History

Key Publications
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
Consistent accumulation of transposable elements in species of the Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiny-leg adaptive radiation across the archipelago chronosequence
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024
Darwin’s overlooked radiation: genomic evidence points to the early stages of a radiation in the Galápagos prickly pear cactus (Opuntia: Cactaceae)
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, 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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