José Cerca

Swedish Museum of Natural History

Key publications

Why Do Some Lineages Radiate While Others Do Not? Perspectives for Future Research on Adaptive Radiations (De-Kayne et al 2024)

Understanding natural selection and similarity: Convergent, parallel and repeated evolution (Cerca 2023)

Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations (Cerca et al 2023)

Multiple paths toward repeated phenotypic evolution in the spiny‐leg adaptive radiation (Tetragnatha; Hawai’i) (Cerca et al 2023)

The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies (Cerca et al 2022)

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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