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María-Eugenia López

María-Eugenia López
I am a postdoc at SLU Aqua, interested in the molecular mechanisms that organisms use to cope with and adapt to their environments. My research focuses on population genetic analyses of genomic data, particularly on detecting natural/artificial selection, describing population genetic variation, and association mapping.

Selected publications

Frugone, M.J., Cole, T., López, M.E., Clucas, G., Matos-Maraví, P., et al.  2021. Taxonomy based on limited genomic markers may underestimate species diversity of rockhopper penguins and threaten their conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13399
 
Cadiz, M. I., López, M.E., Díaz-Domínguez, D., Cáceres, G., Marin-Nahuelpi, R., Gomez-Uchida, D., ... & Yáñez, J.M. 2021. Detection of selection signatures in the genome of a farmed population of anadromous rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Genomics, S0888-7543.
 
López, M.E., Cadiz, M. I., Rondeau, E. B., Koop, B. F., & Yáñez, J.M. 2021. Detection of selection signatures in farmed coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) using dense genome-wide information. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-13.


Mamani, M., López, M.E., Correa, J., Ravest, G., & Hinrichsen, P. 2021. Identification of stable quantitative trait loci and candidate genes for sweetness and acidity in tablegrape using a highly saturated single‐nucleotide polymorphism‐based linkage map. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12497

 

Cádiz, M.I., López M.E., Díaz, D., Cáceres, G Yoshida, G., Gomez-Uchida, D. and J.M Yáñez. Whole genome re-sequencing reveals recent signatures of selection in three strains of farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). 2020. Scientific Reports 10:11514 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68064-5

 

López, M.E., Linderoth T., Norris, A. Neira R., and J.M Yáñez. 2019. Multiple selection signatures in farmed Atlantic salmon adapted to different environments across Hemispheres. Frontiers in Genetics, section Livestock Genomics. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00901

 

Cáceres, G. López, M.E., Cadiz, M.I., Yoshida, G., Jedlicki, A., Palma-Véjares, R., Travisany, D., Díaz, D., Maass, A., Lhorente, J.P. and J.M. Yánez. 2019. Fine mapping using whole-genome sequencing confirms anti-Müllerian hormone as a major gene for sex determination in farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L). G3: Genes Genomes Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400297

 

Barría, A., Marin, R., Cáceres, P., López, M.E., Bassini, L., Lhorente, J.P. and J.M. Yánez. 2019. Genome-wide association study for resistance to Piscirickettsia salmonis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Accepted: G3: Genes Genomes Genetics

 

Frugone, M.J., López, M.E., Cole, T., Lowther, A. Pistorius, P., Dantas, G., Petry, M.V., Bonadonna, F., Pütz, K., Trathan., P., Polanowski, A. et al. 2019. More than the eye can see: Genomic insights into the drivers of genetic differentiation in Royal/Macaroni penguins across the Southern Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106563

 

Yánez, J.M., Yoshida, G., Parra, A., Correa, K., López, M.E., Barría, A., Bassini, L., Christensen, K., Carvalheiro, R. Lhorente, J.P. and R. Pulgar. 2019. Comparative genomic analysis of three salmonid species identifies functional candidate genes involved in resistance to the intracellular bacteria Piscirickettsia salmonis. Frontiers in Genetics, section Livestock Genomics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00665

 

Yánez, J.M., Yoshida, G., Barría, A., Palma-Véjares, R., Travisany, D., R., Díaz, D. Cáceres, G., Cadiz, M.I., López, M.E., Lhorente, J.P. et al. 2020. High-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and validation through whole-genome resequencing of hundreds of individuals in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Marine Biotechnology (20) 109–117

 

Barría, A. López, M.E., Yoshida, G. Carvalheiro, R., Lhorente, J.P. and J.M. Yánez. 2018. Population genomic structure and genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) using dense SNP genotypes. Frontier Genetics: doi: org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00649

 

López M.E., Benestan L., Moore J-S., Perrier C., Gilbey J., Di Genova A., Maass A., Neira R., Lhorente J.P., Correa K., Diaz D., Bernatchez L. and J.M. Yáñez. 2018. Comparing genomic signatures of domestication in two Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L) populations with different geographical origins. Evolutionary Applications, doi.org/10.1111/eva.12689 

 

Correa, K., Lhorente, J.P., Bassini, L., López, M.E., Di Genova, A. et al. 2016. Genome wide association study for resistance to Caligus rogercresseyi in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) using a 50K SNP genotyping array. Aquaculture. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.04.008

 

Yáñez, J.M., Naswa, S., López, M.E., Bassini, L., Correa, K.  et al. 2016. Genomewide single nucleotide polymorphism discovery in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): validation in wild and farmed American and European populations. Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12503

 

Correa, K., Lhorente, J. P., López, M.E., Bassini, L., S. Naswa et al. 2015. Genome-wide association analysis reveals loci associated with resistance against Piscirickettsia salmonis in two Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) chromosomes. BMC Genomics 16: 1-9.

 

López, M.E., Neira, R. and J.M. Yáñez. 2015. Applications in the search for genomic selection signatures in fish. Frontier Genetics. 5:458. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00458


Contact

Researcher at the Department of Aquatic Resources; Institute of Freshwater Research, joint staff
Telephone: +46104784228, +46736371322
Postal address:
Sötvattenslaboratoriet, Stångholmsvägen 2
17893 DROTTNINGHOLM