José Cerca

Swedish Museum of Natural History

Key Publications
Ibero‐Balearic plant disjunctions: genomic support for rapid and recurrent long‐distance colonizations of the endangered Diplotaxis ibicensis (Brassicaceae) despite no dispersal syndromes
Plant Biology, 2026
Hybridization with wild individuals fuels reindeer feralization
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2026
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Norwegian wild alpine reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
Journal of Heredity, 2026
The identity crisis of speciation genomics
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, 2026
‘The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation’ revisited: a 25-year reflection
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, 2026

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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