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Carles Vilà is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary topics of Vilà's scientific work include Genetic diversity and population structure, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Human-Animal Interaction Studies.

Vilà's scholarly output features publications in prominent venues such as Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Conservation Genetics. These journals have hosted research across different years and subjects, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

  • New developments in the field of genomic technologies and their relevance to conservation management (2021), Conservation Genetics
  • Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss (2025), Nature
  • Massive genome inversion drives coexistence of divergent morphs in common quails (2021), Current Biology
  • Monitoring of species' genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts (2024), Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Vastly underestimated species richness of Amazonian salamanders (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) and implications about plethodontid diversification (2020), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent collaborators include Jennifer A. Leonard, Isabel Salado, Alberto Fernández-Gil, Inés Sánchez-Donoso, and Gernot Segelbacher, indicating a pattern of sustained cooperative research efforts.

  • Molecular Ecology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Conservation Genetics

  • Jennifer A. Leonard
  • Isabel Salado
  • Alberto Fernández-Gil
  • Inés Sánchez-Donoso
  • Gernot Segelbacher

Best Publications

  • Multiple and Ancient Origins of the Domestic Dog

    Carles Vilà;Peter Savolainen;Jesús E. Maldonado;Isabel R. Amorim

  • Genome Sequencing Highlights the Dynamic Early History of Dogs

    Adam H. Freedman;Ilan Gronau;Rena Schweizer;Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo

  • Ancient DNA Evidence for Old World Origin of New World Dogs

    Jennifer A. Leonard;Robert K. Wayne;Jane Wheeler;Raúl Valadez

  • Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography

    Greger Larson;Elinor K. Karlsson;Angela Perri;Matthew T. Webster

  • Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

    Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Paulo C. Alves;Linnea Bergstrom

  • Widespread Origins of Domestic Horse Lineages

    Carles Vilà;Jennifer A. Leonard;Anders Götherström;Stefan Marklund

  • Rescue of a Severely Bottlenecked Wolf (Canis Lupus) Population by a Single Immigrant

    Carles Vilà;Anna-Karin Sundqvist;Øystein Flagstad;Jennifer Seddon

  • Identification of Genomic Regions Associated with Phenotypic Variation between Dog Breeds using Selection Mapping

    Amaury Vaysse;Abhirami Ratnakumar;Thomas Derrien;Erik Axelsson

  • Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and population history of the grey wolf Canis lupus

    Carles Vilà;Carles Vilà;Isabel R. Amorim;Isabel R. Amorim;Jennifer A. Leonard;D. Posada

  • Bottlenecks and selective sweeps during domestication have increased deleterious genetic variation in dogs

    Clare D. Marsden;Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo;Dennis P. O’Brien;Jeremy F. Taylor

  • Phylogenetic relationships, evolution, and genetic diversity of the domestic dog

    C Vilà;JE Maldonado;RK Wayne

  • Phylogenetic systematics of Glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni

    Juan Manuel Guayasamin;Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher;Linda Trueb;José Ayarzagüena

  • Megafaunal extinctions and the disappearance of a specialized wolf ecomorph.

    Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Carles Vilà;Kena Fox-Dobbs;Paul L. Koch

  • Relaxation of selective constraint on dog mitochondrial DNA following domestication

    Susanne Björnerfeldt;Matthew T. Webster;Carles Vilà

  • Legacy lost: genetic variability and population size of extirpated US grey wolves ( Canis lupus )

    Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Carles Vilà;Robert K. Wayne

  • Differentiation of tundra/taiga and Boreal Coniferous Forest Wolves: Genetics, Coat Colour, and Association with Migratory Caribou

    Marco Musiani;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;H. Dean Cluff;C. Cormack Gates

  • Limited number of patrilines in horse domestication

    Gabriella Lindgren;Niclas Backström;June Swinburne;Linda Hellborg

  • Worldwide patterns of genomic variation and admixture in gray wolves.

    Zhenxin Fan;Zhenxin Fan;Pedro Silva;Ilan Gronau;Shuoguo Wang

  • Hybridization between Wolves and Dogs

    Carles Vilà;Robert K. Wayne

  • Bottlenecked but long-lived: high genetic diversity retained in white-tailed eagles upon recovery from population decline

    Frank Hailer;Björn Helander;Alv O Folkestad;Sergei A Ganusevich

  • Combined use of maternal, paternal and bi-parental genetic markers for the identification of wolf-dog hybrids.

    Carles Vilà;Christopher Walker;Anna-Karin Sundqvist;Oystein Flagstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer A. Leonard
Jennifer A. Leonard Spanish National Research Council
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
Hans Ellegren
Hans Ellegren Uppsala University
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Matthew T. Webster
Matthew T. Webster Science for Life Laboratory
Vicente Urios
Vicente Urios University of Alicante
Jesús E. Maldonado
Jesús E. Maldonado Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Eli Geffen
Eli Geffen Tel Aviv University
Elinor K. Karlsson
Elinor K. Karlsson Broad Institute
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University

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