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Dr Jordi Paps Montserrat

BSc, MSc, PhD

  • BS8 1TQ

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Research interests

The history of life comprises major evolutionary transitions, like the origins of animals or plants, which changed dramatically the planet. We aim to unravel the molecular and genomic changes underlying these evolutionary shifts.

Keywords

  • Evolution
  • Genomics
  • Phylogenetics
  • Animal Kingdom
  • Land plants

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  • Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals

    Wei, J., Pisani, D., Donoghue, P. C. J., Alvarez-Presas, M. & Paps Montserrat, J., 12 Nov 2025, In: Nature. 649, 8097, p. 638-646 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticle (Academic Journal)peer-review

    Open Access
    3 Citations (Scopus)
  • The Hydractinia cell atlas reveals cellular and molecular principles of cnidarian coloniality

    Salamanca-Díaz, D. A., Horkan, H. R., García-Castro, H., Emili, E., Salinas-Saavedra, M., Pérez-Posada, A., Rossi, M. E., Álvarez-Presas, M., Gabhann, R. M., Hillenbrand, P., Febrimarsa, Curantz, C., Weavers, P. K., Lund-Ricard, Y., Förg, T., Michaca, M. H., Sanders, S., Kenny, N. J., Paps, J. & Frank, U. & 1 others, Solana, J., 3 Mar 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 20 p., 2121.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticle (Academic Journal)peer-review

    Open Access
    8 Citations (Scopus)
  • Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences

    Yu, D., Ren, Y., Uesaka, M., Beavan, A. J. S., Muffato, M., Shen, J., Li, Y., Sato, I., Wan, W., Clark, J. W., Keating, J. N., Carlisle, E. M., Dearden, R., Giles, S., Randle, E., Sansom, R., Feuda, R., Fleming, J. F., Sugahara, F. & Cummins, C. & 24 others, Patricio, M., Akanni, W., Aniello, S., Bertolucci, C., Irie, N., Alev, C., Sheng, G., de Mendoza, A., Measo, I., Irimia, M., Fromm, B., Peterson, K. J., Das, S., Hirano, M., Rast, J., Cooper, M., Paps Montserrat, J., Pisani, D., Kuratani, S., Martin, F., Wang, W., Donoghue, P. C. J., Zhang, Y. & Pascual-Anaya, J., 1 Mar 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 3, p. 519-535 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticle (Academic Journal)peer-review

    Open Access
    93 Citations (Scopus)