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Ana Llopart

Associate Professor
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[HTML][HTML] Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny

…, R Li, CF Lin, MF Lin, K Lindblad-Toh, A Llopart… - Nature, 2007 - hal.science
Comparative analysis of multiple genomes in a phylogenetic framework dramatically improves
the precision and sensitivity of evolutionary inference, producing more robust results than …

Muscle strength and hormonal levels in adolescents: gender related differences

E Ramos, WR Frontera, A Llopart… - International journal of …, 1998 - thieme-connect.com
The purpose of the present investigation was to study muscle strength in adolescents and
its relationship to serum levels of testosterone and growth hormone in both genders. Thirty …

How the leopard gets its spots

JD Murray - Scientific American, 1988 - JSTOR
… The models are ap plicable to the leopard's coat, for in stance, because the number of
cells in a leopard spot at the time the pat tern is laid down is probably on the order of 100. …

Multilocus Analysis of Introgression Between Two Sympatric Sister Species of Drosophila: Drosophila yakuba and D. santomea

A Llopart, D Lachaise, JA Coyne - Genetics, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Drosophila yakuba is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, while D. santomea is endemic
to the volcanic island of São Tomé in the Atlantic Ocean, 280 km west of Gabon. On São …

Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus)

MW Hayward, P Henschel, J O'Brien… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… and four unpublished studies of leopard diet that had relative … periods throughout the
distribution of the leopard. A Jacobs' index … that the most preferred mass of leopard prey is 25 kg, …

The Rapid Evolution of X-linked Male-Biased Gene Expression and the Large-X Effect in Drosophila yakuba, D. santomea, and Their Hybrids

A Llopart - Molecular biology and evolution, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The X chromosome has a large effect on hybrid dysfunction, particularly on hybrid male
sterility. Although the evidence for this so-called large-X effect is clear, its molecular causes are …

The Origin of the Jingwei Gene and the Complex Modular Structure of Its Parental Gene, Yellow Emperor, in Drosophila melanogaster

W Wang, J Zhang, C Alvarez, A Llopart… - Molecular Biology and …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Jingwei (jgw) is the first gene found to be of sufficiently recent origin in Drosophila to offer
insights into the origin of a gene. While its chimerical gene structure was partially resolved as …

Intron presence–absence polymorphism in Drosophila driven by positive Darwinian selection

A Llopart, JM Comeron, FG Brunet… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Comparisons of intron–exon structures between homologous genes in different eukaryotic
species have revealed substantial variation in the number of introns. These observations …

Genetics of a difference in pigmentation between Drosophila yakuba and Drosophila santomea

A Llopart, S Elwyn, D Lachaise, JA Coyne - Evolution, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Drosophila yakuba is a species widespread in Africa, whereas D. santomea, its newly
discovered sister species, is endemic to the volcanic island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea. …

Aspects of the ecology and the behaviour of the leopard Panthera pardus in the Kalahari Desert

J du P Bothma, EAN Le Riche - Koedoe, 1984 - koedoe.co.za
… interactions with other carnivores, by the leopard Panthera pardus in the Kalahari Gemsbok
… of leopard/spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta encounters depend on the size of the leopard