Planas Fèlix, Mercè (Date of defense: 2020-10-05)
The identification and analysis of genomic variation across individuals has been central in biology, first through comparative genomics to answer evolutionary questions, and then in the context of ...
Guio Leiman, Laín (Date of defense: 2016-03-17)
Elucidating the fitness effects of natural genetic variants is one of the current major challenges in evolutionary biology. Understanding the interplay between genotype, phenotype and environment is ...
Garate Amenabarro, Leyre (Date of defense: 2017-09-01)
El estudio se centra la filogenia, biología y ecología de la demosponja Hemimycale columella y su simbiosis con una bacteria calcificadora (calcibacteria). Posteriormente se incorporaron otras especies ...
Hooghvorst, Isidre (Date of defense: 2021-04-28)
The general aim of this PhD thesis was to study, develop and apply different breeding techniques in melon species in order to produce new commercial cultivars. The three specific objectives of this ...
Soy Platero, Judit (Date of defense: 2014-07-17)
Arabidopsis thaliana seedling growth and development is influenced by both external (such as light and temperature) and internal (like hormones or circadian clock) factors. In short-day (SD) growing ...
Planas Marqués, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-10-30)
The plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is the causal agent of the devastating disease known as bacterial wilt. This disease affects more than 200 plant species in over 50 families, including economically ...
Carella, Mirco (Date of defense: 2018-07-13)
The Antarctic bottoms harbour rich communities of sponges, which play an important role in structuring benthic habitats. Many Antarctic sponge species have been discovered in the past but most of them ...
Rodríguez Vaello, Victoria Eugenia (Date of defense: 2020-12-11)
A fundamental step in embryo development is the transition through pluripotency. There are two known sequential states of pluripotency termed naïve and primed pluripotency. Considerable efforts have ...
Català Moll, Francisco (Date of defense: 2020-06-08)
Epigenetic factors, such as histone post-translational modifications and DNA methylation, are critical determinants of gene expression, which ultimately defines cell identity and function. Despite intense ...
Norris, Richard (Date of defense: 2021-10-13)
Insulinomas are extremely rare pancreatic neuroendocrine (PNET) tumours that develop from the β-cells of the pancreas.β-cells are the only cells capable of producing the hormine insulin, and play a major ...