Differences in the animal coping styles (proactive and reactive) may influence on the fish welfare under intensive aquaculture practice since it is a susceptible environment to the spread of bacterial and viral...
Gold nanoparticles are nanomaterials commonly used in nanotechnology applications. However, they could be very dangerous and have several effects to aquatic organisms. That is why...
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Interview with Federico Mingozzi, Chief Scientific Officer at Spark Therapeutics, leader company in gene therapy, who was invited by CBATEG to give a seminar entitled “Developing Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases, a...
Calotriton arnoldi is a newt species which lives exclusively in the Montseny massif. With a very low number of representatives, isolated in subpopulations, one could expect the species to present genetic endogamy problems. However, studies investigating the genetic “health status” of...
Human genetic variation is the set of genetic differences that distinguish our genomes, either among individuals within a population or between populations. Its study has significant evolutionary and medical applications. The research group...
MEDIRAD is a European Commission-funded project that aims to enhance the radiation protection of patients and medical professionals against exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation for medical reasons. This multidisciplinary project will bring together...
The research group Bioinformatics of Genomic Diversity of the UAB, in collaboration with the Evolutionary Development Biology group of the University of Helsinki, have mapped by the first time phenotypic adaptation and...
Some nematodes that parasite on insects can cause their hosts to look halfway between a male and a female. In the case of Culicoides mosquitoes, males are feminized. Francesc...
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae are two fruit fly species coexisting in the arid zones of Bolivia and the Argentine Northwest. The two species are capable of producing hybrids in laboratory when D. buzzatii males are crossed with D. koepferae females. UAB scientists observed...
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of organisms to change their phenotype according to the environment. While plasticity is important to cope with environmental changes, it may also be costly and be lost during evolution in a constant, non-challenging environment. In this study, we analyzed...
