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40
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5384
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6184
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3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Enrique P. Lessa is affiliated with the University of the Republic in Uruguay. The research focus primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on several interconnected subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The scholar's work covers a variety of main topics, notably:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • International Maritime Law Issues
  • Plant and animal studies

Frequent co-authors in this body of work include Guillermo D'Elía, Jocelyn P. Colella, Joseph A. Cook, John M. Bates, and Jonathan L. Dunnum.

Common publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple works are the Journal of Mammalogy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, and the bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Contributions also appear in PLoS Pathogens.

Recent papers reflect a range of topics from pathogen surveillance networks to biodiversity and biorepository capacity, with representative works including:

  • "Leveraging natural history biorepositories as a global, decentralized, pathogen surveillance network" (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • "Specimen collection is essential for modern science" (2023, PLoS Biology)
  • "Engaging with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: recommendations for noncommercial biodiversity researchers" (2023, Journal of Mammalogy)
  • "Genomic footprints of Quaternary colonization and population expansion in the Patagonian-Fuegian region rules out a separate southern refugium in Tierra del Fuego" (2021, Journal of Biogeography)
  • "Build international biorepository capacity" (2020, Science)

Among the recognitions received, Enrique P. Lessa was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Genetic footprints of demographic expansion in North America, but not Amazonia, during the Late Quaternary.

    Enrique P. Lessa;Joseph A. Cook;James L. Patton

  • MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHIC GENETIC STRUCTURE

    Enrique P. Lessa

  • Screening techniques for detecting allelic variation in DNA sequences

    E. P. Lessa;G. Applebaum

  • The Molecular Phylogenetics of Tuco-Tucos (genusCtenomys,Rodentia: Octodontidae) Suggests an Early Burst of Speciation☆

    Enrique P Lessa;Joseph A Cook

  • Genetic footprints of late Quaternary climate change in the diversity of Patagonian‐Fueguian rodents

    Enrique P. Lessa;Guillermo D'elía;Ulises Francisco J. Pardiñas

  • Rapid surveying of DNA sequence variation in natural populations.

    E P Lessa

  • Species groups and the evolutionary diversification of tuco-tucos, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

    Andrés Parada;Guillermo D'Elía;Claudio J. Bidau;Enrique P. Lessa

  • Genetic and geographic differentiation in the Rio Negro tuco-tuco (Ctenomys rionegrensis): inferring the roles of migration and drift from multiple genetic markers.

    Gabriela Wlasiuk;John Carlos Garza;John Carlos Garza;Enrique P. Lessa

  • Evolution of morphological adaptations for digging in living and extinct ctenomyid and octodontid rodents

    Enrique P. Lessa;Aldo I. Vassallo;Diego Héctor Verzi;Matías S. Mora

  • Recurrent Amplifications and Deletions of Satellite DNA Accompanied Chromosomal Diversification in South American Tuco-tucos (Genus Ctenomys, Rodentia: Octodontidae): A Phylogenetic Approach

    Claudio H. Slamovits;Joseph A. Cook;Enrique P. Lessa;M. Susana Rossi

  • Rodent systematics in an age of discovery: recent advances and prospects

    Guillermo D’Elía;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Enrique P Lessa

  • Eastward Ho: phylogeographical perspectives on colonization of hosts and parasites across the Beringian nexus

    Eric Waltari;Eric P. Hoberg;Enrique P. Lessa;Joseph A. Cook

  • RAPID DIVERSIFICATION OF SOUTH AMERICAN TUCO-TUCOS (CTENOMYS; RODENTIA, CTENOMYIDAE): CONTRASTING MITOCHONDRIAL AND NUCLEAR INTRON SEQUENCES

    Aníbal H. Castillo;María Noel Cortinas;Enrique P. Lessa

  • The evolution of mitochondrial genomes in subterranean caviomorph rodents: adaptation against a background of purifying selection.

    Ivanna H. Tomasco;Enrique P. Lessa

  • Phylogeography of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) provides a predictive framework for research on hantaviruses

    Jerry W. Dragoo;J. Alden Lackey;Kathryn E. Moore;Enrique P. Lessa

  • Morphological evolution of subterranean mammals: integrating structural, functional, and ecological perspectives

    Lessa Ep

  • A Reassessment of Morphological Specializations for Digging in Pocket Gophers

    Enrique P. Lessa;Charles S. Thaeler

  • Cytogenetics and morphology of Ctenomys torquatus (Rodentia:Octodontidae)

    Thales Renato O. Freitas;Enrique P. Lessa

  • The evolutionary history of sigmodontine rodents in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

    Ulises Francisco J. Pardiñas;Pablo Vicente Teta;Guillermo D'Elía;Enrique P. Lessa

  • Molecular Phylogeny of Tuco-Tucos, Genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Octodontidae): Evaluation of the mendocinus Species Group and the Evolution of Asymmetric Sperm

    Guillermo D'Elía;Enrique P. Lessa;Joseph A. Cook

  • Phylogeographical structure in the subterranean tuco-tuco Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): contrasting the demographic consequences of regional and habitat-specific histories.

    Matías S. Mora;Enrique P. Lessa;Ana P. Cutrera;Marcelo J. Kittlein

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillermo D'Elía
Guillermo D'Elía Austral University of Chile
Joseph A. Cook
Joseph A. Cook University of New Mexico
James L. Patton
James L. Patton University of Illinois at Chicago
Maarten P.M. Vanhove
Maarten P.M. Vanhove Hasselt University
Douglas A. Kelt
Douglas A. Kelt University of California, Davis
Robert J. Baker
Robert J. Baker Texas Tech University
Rafael Radi
Rafael Radi University of the Republic
Bernard Tandler
Bernard Tandler Case Western Reserve University
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Leslie Christidis
Leslie Christidis Southern Cross University

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