{"entity": "researcher", "timestamp": "2026-09-23T14:54:09.980Z", "family": "de la Paz Celorio Mancera", "given": "Maria", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0003-0296-0577", "affiliations": ["Division of Population Genetics Department of Zoology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden."], "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/309ef007cfc249e69905c8b23b05bc03.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/309ef007cfc249e69905c8b23b05bc03"}}, "publications": [{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "063de44677c94a4ead25f18e471b3e7c", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/063de44677c94a4ead25f18e471b3e7c.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/063de44677c94a4ead25f18e471b3e7c"}}, "title": "Larval transcriptomes reflect the evolutionary history of plant-insect associations.", "authors": [{"family": "de la Paz Celorio-Mancera", "given": "Maria", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0003-0296-0577", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/309ef007cfc249e69905c8b23b05bc03.json"}}, {"family": "Steward", "given": "Rachel A", "initials": "RA", "orcid": "0000-0001-8610-334X", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/f47144d62760484b87623f2c0b3f6a88.json"}}, {"family": "Pruisscher", "given": "Peter", "initials": "P"}, {"family": "Smialowska", "given": "Agata", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Pires Braga", "given": "Mariana", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0002-1253-2536", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/4f9064ed501545dca268c351c993aa26.json"}}, {"family": "Janz", "given": "Niklas", "initials": "N"}, {"family": "Wheat", "given": "Christopher W", "initials": "CW", "orcid": "0000-0003-1863-2340", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/77b0fc9157fe4852b14f55a804f5f13c.json"}}, {"family": "Nylin", "given": "S\u00f6ren", "initials": "S"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2023-02-04", "journal": {"title": "Evolution", "issn": "1558-5646", "volume": "77", "issue": "2", "pages": "519-533", "issn-l": "0014-3820"}, "abstract": "In this study, we investigated whether patterns of gene expression in larvae feeding on different plants can explain important aspects of the evolution of insect-plant associations, such as phylogenetic conservatism of host use and re-colonization of ancestral hosts that have been lost from the host repertoire. To this end, we performed a phylogenetically informed study comparing the transcriptomes of 4 nymphalid butterfly species in Polygonia and the closely related genus Nymphalis. Larvae were reared on Urtica dioica, Salix spp., and Ribes spp. Plant-specific gene expression was found to be similar across butterfly species, even in the case of host plants that are no longer used by two of the butterfly species. These results suggest that plant-specific transcriptomes can be robust over evolutionary time. We propose that adaptations to particular larval food plants can profitably be understood as an evolved set of modules of co-expressed genes, promoting conservatism in host use and facilitating re-colonization. Moreover, we speculate that the degree of overlap between plant-specific transcriptomes may correlate with the strength of trade-offs between plants as resources and hence to the probability of colonizing hosts and complete host shifts.", "doi": "10.1093/evolut/qpac049", "pmid": "36625474", "labels": {"Mariana Pires Braga": "", "DDLS Fellow": ""}, "xrefs": [{"db": "pii", "key": "6881564"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-09-23T12:52:38.070Z", "modified": "2026-09-23T12:52:38.166Z"}, {"entity": "publication", "iuid": "c57957d4415a488596762a209f41a216", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/c57957d4415a488596762a209f41a216.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/c57957d4415a488596762a209f41a216"}}, "title": "Exploring a Pool-seq-only approach for gaining population genomic insights in nonmodel species.", "authors": [{"family": "Kurland", "given": "Sara", "initials": "S", "orcid": "0000-0002-5370-1236", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/5cac912971b04f868a64af23e24cd5d0.json"}}, {"family": "Wheat", "given": "Christopher W", "initials": "CW"}, {"family": "de la Paz Celorio Mancera", "given": "Maria", "initials": "M", "orcid": "0000-0003-0296-0577", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/309ef007cfc249e69905c8b23b05bc03.json"}}, {"family": "Kutschera", "given": "Verena E", "initials": "VE", "orcid": "0000-0002-8930-534X", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/c7185df2f7d44872960d604e9c70c551.json"}}, {"family": "Hill", "given": "Jason", "initials": "J"}, {"family": "Andersson", "given": "Anastasia", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Rubin", "given": "Carl-Johan", "initials": "CJ"}, {"family": "Andersson", "given": "Leif", "initials": "L", "orcid": "0000-0002-4085-6968", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/7c8202937eda401fa0d07f583589359d.json"}}, {"family": "Ryman", "given": "Nils", "initials": "N", "orcid": "0000-0003-3342-8479", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/ce90ead3a9814f96be154ca7bbf6dcef.json"}}, {"family": "Laikre", "given": "Linda", "initials": "L", "orcid": "0000-0001-9286-3361", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/1c0754b748c94ea7ab46fee02ca139c5.json"}}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2019-10-00", "journal": {"title": "Ecol Evol", "issn": "2045-7758", "volume": "9", "issue": "19", "pages": "11448-11463", "issn-l": "2045-7758"}, "abstract": "Developing genomic insights is challenging in nonmodel species for which resources are often scarce and prohibitively costly. Here, we explore the potential of a recently established approach using Pool-seq data to generate a de novo genome assembly for mining exons, upon which Pool-seq data are used to estimate population divergence and diversity. We do this for two pairs of sympatric populations of brown trout (Salmo trutta): one naturally sympatric set of populations and another pair of populations introduced to a common environment. We validate our approach by comparing the results to those from markers previously used to describe the populations (allozymes and individual-based single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]) and from mapping the Pool-seq data to a reference genome of the closely related Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). We find that genomic differentiation (F ST) between the two introduced populations exceeds that of the naturally sympatric populations (F ST = 0.13 and 0.03 between the introduced and the naturally sympatric populations, respectively), in concordance with estimates from the previously used SNPs. The same level of population divergence is found for the two genome assemblies, but estimates of average nucleotide diversity differ ( \u2248 0.002 and \u03c0 \u00af \u2248 0.001 when mapping to \u03c0 \u00afS. trutta and S. salar, respectively), although the relationships between population values are largely consistent. This discrepancy might be attributed to biases when mapping to a haploid condensed assembly made of highly fragmented read data compared to using a high-quality reference assembly from a divergent species. We conclude that the Pool-seq-only approach can be suitable for detecting and quantifying genome-wide population differentiation, and for comparing genomic diversity in populations of nonmodel species where reference genomes are lacking.", "doi": "10.1002/ece3.5646", "pmid": "31641485", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC6802065"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "ECE35646"}, {"db": "Dryad", "key": "10.5061/dryad.q1h4k0n"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-09-23T09:28:07.216Z", "modified": "2026-09-23T09:28:07.448Z"}]}