Marco Giménez, Andrés (Date of defense: 2022-03-14)
Our current knowledge about the function of human genes is mostly based on data from genetic studies using animal models. However, divergence among species may hamper the understanding of genetic ...
Alvarez Estapé, Marina (Date of defense: 2023-04-20)
The field of genomics can be used to help in threatened species conservation by guiding conservation efforts. In this thesis we have studied Cuvier’s gazelles to compare the genetic diversity and ...
Antinucci, Marco (Date of defense: 2023-03-23)
Much information has been gathered for the Romani population so far, spanning historical, linguistics and genetics research. While whole genome analyses for this population started only recently, most ...
Font Porterias, Neus (Date of defense: 2022-03-07)
La població romaní és el grup ètnic minoritari transnacional més gran d'Europa. Tenen un origen sud asiàtic i, durant la seva diàspora cap a Europa, van experimentar múltiples efectes fundadors i una ...
Rambla, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-05-18)
The advance of precision medicine depends on the availability of data that is continuously being generated in universities, research centres and hospitals world-wide. That data represents 1) the diversity ...
Hafez Khafaga, Ahmed Ibrahem (Date of defense: 2021-03-12)
Aquesta tesi presenta una sèrie de recursos bioinformàtics desenvolupats per a donar suport en l'anàlisi de dades de NGS i altres òmics en el camp d'estudi i diagnòstic d'infeccions fúngiques. Hem ...
Vali Pour Jamnani, Mischan (Date of defense: 2022-06-02)
Somatic mutations are an inevitable component of ageing and the most important cause of cancer. The rates and types of somatic mutation vary across individuals, but relatively few inherited influences ...
Bogaerts Márquez, María (Date of defense: 2022-01-11)
Entender cómo las especies se adaptan al ambiente es aún una pregunta sin resolver en el campo de la Biología Evolutiva. Mientras el foco principal siempre ha estado en la base genética, los factores ...
Mocavini, Ivano (Date of defense: 2022-03-31)
Polycomb repressive complex (PRC)1 and 2 are major players in gene regulation, devoted to maintenance of the epigenetic memory of gene silencing. Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) have been extensively ...
Ventos Alfonso, Alba (Date of defense: 2021-09-07)
The idea of this work has been to identify factors that determine the adult body plan in hemimetabolan embryogenesis, using the cockroach Blattella germanica as model. Comparative genomics studies pointed ...