Welcome to the Evolutionary Genomics & Bioinformatics area at the University of Barcelona Rozas & Sánchez-Gracia research groups



Dr. Julio Rozas

Full Professor of Genetics Catedrático de Genética Group Leader

Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística Facultat de Biologia Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 643 Barcelona 08028 Spain

jrozas@ub.edu Julio Rozas --Web page
Julio Rozas --Dept Genètica Web
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Dr. Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia

Associate Professor of Genetics Professor Agregat (Serra Húnter) Group Leader

Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística Facultat de Biologia Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 643 Barcelona 08028 Spain

elsanchez@ub.edu Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia --Web page
Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia --DrosEU group
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Research Interests

Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics

Our main research interests are understanding the mechanisms underlying molecular adaptation. We combine theoretical, analytical, and experimental approaches, some of them developed in our group, to determine the relative role of the principal evolutionary forces in driving species diversification and in promoting genetic innovations. For that, we analyze both DNA sequence data generated in our lab (NGS data) and genomic data retrieved from databases, always under the framework of comparative and population genomics, and applying bioinformatics tools. An important part of our work focuses on the origin and molecular evolution of chemosensory-related multigene families in invertebrates and on the study of the genomic determinants of rapid diversification. We also actively develop and/or maintain software for the analysis of genetic and genomic variation in different contexts.
Publications of the EGB group

Current Group Members

Faculty
PostDocs
Graduate, Master and Undergraduate Students

Master & Graduate Courses


Software developed in our research group

DnaSP DnaSP, DNA Sequence Polymorphism     DOMINO DOMINO, Development Informative Markers in Non-Model Organisms DOMINO BadiRate, Gene Birth and Death Rates     DOMINO VariScan, Genome-Wide DNA Variation Analyses

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