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Julio Rozas is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, their work covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Insect Science.

Their research topics reflect a focus on genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic diversity and population structure, spider taxonomy and behavior studies, chromosomal and genetic variations, identification and quantification in food, neurobiology and insect physiology research, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Recent publication venues where Julio Rozas has contributed multiple works include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, and Nature.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia, Joel Vizueta, Joan Ferrer, Paula Escuer, and Jacob González-Solís.

Among Julio Rozas's recent papers are:

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics, 2020, Nature
  • bitacora: A comprehensive tool for the identification and annotation of gene families in genome assemblies, 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Genomic adaptations to aquatic and aerial life in mayflies and the origin of insect wings, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest, 2020, BMC Biology
  • Evolutionary History of Major Chemosensory Gene Families across Panarthropoda, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • DnaSP v5

    P. Librado;J. Rozas

  • DnaSP, DNA polymorphism analyses by the coalescent and other methods.

    Julio Rozas;Juan C. Sánchez-DelBarrio;Xavier Messeguer;Ricardo Rozas

  • DnaSP 6: DNA Sequence Polymorphism Analysis of Large Data Sets.

    Julio Rozas;Albert Ferrer-Mata;Juan Carlos Sánchez-DelBarrio;Sara Guirao-Rico

  • DnaSP version 3: an integrated program for molecular population genetics and molecular evolution analysis.

    Julio Rozas;Ricardo Rozas

  • Statistical properties of new neutrality tests against population growth.

    Sebastian E. Ramos-Onsins;Julio Rozas

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • The Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel

    Trudy F. C. Mackay;Stephen J. Richards;Eric A. Stone;Antonio Barbadilla

  • The coffee genome provides insight into the convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

    Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Alexis Dereeper;Gaëtan Droc

  • Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

    Ewen F. Kirkness;Brian J. Haas;Brian J. Haas;Weilin Sun;Henk R. Braig

  • Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

    Monika Gulia-Nuss;Monika Gulia-Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Jason M. Meyer;Jason M. Meyer;Daniel E. Sonenshine

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Molecular evolution of the major chemosensory gene families in insects

    A Sánchez-Gracia;F G Vieira;J Rozas

  • Comparative Genomics of the Odorant-Binding and Chemosensory Protein Gene Families across the Arthropoda: Origin and Evolutionary History of the Chemosensory System

    Filipe G. Vieira;Julio Rozas

  • DNA Sequence Polymorphism Analysis Using DnaSP

    Julio Rozas

  • DnaSP, DNA sequence polymorphism: an interactive program for estimating population genetics parameters from DNA sequence data

    Julio Rozas;Ricardo Rozas

  • Statistical Power Analysis of Neutrality Tests Under Demographic Expansions, Contractions and Bottlenecks With Recombination

    Anna Ramírez-Soriano;Sebastià E. Ramos-Onsins;Julio Rozas;Francesc Calafell

  • DnaSP version 2.0: a novel software package for extensive molecular population genetics analysis.

    Julio Rozas;Ricardo Rozas

  • The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima

    Ariel D Chipman;David E. K. Ferrier;Carlo Brena;Jiaxin Qu

  • Genome annotation and comparative analyses of the odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.

    J.-J. Zhou;F. G. Vieira;X.-L. He;C. Smadja

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta Riutort
Marta Riutort University of Barcelona
Toni Gabaldón
Toni Gabaldón Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Victor A. Albert
Victor A. Albert University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Frank Hauser
Frank Hauser University of Copenhagen
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine

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