Martí Solans, Josep (Date of defense: 2018-09-07)
El creixent nombre de genomes seqüenciats està posant de manifest que la pèrdua gènica és un fenomen recurrent que pot haver generat diversitat al llarg de la història evolutiva dels diferents grups ...
González Rosado, Santiago (Date of defense: 2016-04-28)
The genetic and molecular bases of most of the human diseases have become one of the main goals of the human biology in the last decades. To be able to unveil the genetic variations and the affected ...
Díaz Gay, Marcos (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the malignant neoplasms with higher incidence and mortality in Spain, Europe and worldwide. As a complex disease, both environmental and genetic factors influence CRC ...
Esquerdo Barragan, Mariona (Date of defense: 2017-05-26)
Protein post-translational modifications are regulatory mechanisms that cells use in response to intra- and extracellular signals. These signals modulate a panoply of conjugating enzymes that modify ...
Leiva Martinez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-11-20)
Benthic organisms inhabiting the shallow waters of the Southern Ocean are considered excellent models to study evolutionary processes, population connectivity patterns, and adaptation. They have evolved ...
Pi Roig, Aina (Date of defense: 2018-04-06)
Tbx5 is a transcription factor expressed in the developing eyes, heart and upper limbs. Mutations in human TBX5 cause Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS), a condition characterised by heart and upper limb ...
Sanchez Delgado, Marta (Date of defense: 2018-05-31)
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon resulting in the monoallelic expression of a subset of genes in a parent-of-origin-specific manner. In general, the promoters of these transcripts contain ...
Vizcaya Molina, Elena (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
One of the most important questions in regenerative biology is how and when genes change expression to trigger regeneration programs. Resetting of gene expression patterns during injury responses is ...
Escoda Assens, Lídia (Date of defense: 2018-05-11)
Knowledge of the genealogical relationships among individuals of a population and their dispersal patterns are essential to many studies of endangered species, especially those with small and fragmented ...