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Preprints

  1. Recent effective population size of the snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) tracks historical climate variation. Aguilar-Gómez, D *, Enevoldsen, ELG *, KO Jacobsen, R Solheim, IJ Øien, T Aarvak, SNK Hoff, OS Kersten, KL Wiebe, JF Therrien, I Menyushina, et al. bioRxiv (2026). DOI
  2. Long‑term isolation and introgression shape the genomic distinctiveness of Rice’s Whale. Aguilar-Gómez, Diana, JA Robinson, CC Kyriazis, M Kenfield, S Nigenda‑Morales, et al. bioRxiv (2026) 2026‑06. DOI
  3. Genetic basis of aposematic coloration in a mimetic radiation of poison frogs. Linderoth, Tyler, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Emily White, Evan Twomey, Adam Stuckert, Ke Bi, Amy Ko, Natalie Graham, Joana L. Rocha, Jason Chang, Matthew D. MacManes, Kyle Summers, Rasmus Nielsen. bioRxiv 2023. PDF

2026

  1. Advancing Marine Mammal Conservation Through Omics Tools and Integration of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge. Isabella M. Reeves, Gabrielle Genty, Alana Alexander, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, et al. (33 authors total). Molecular Ecology 2026. DOI
  2. graphicalAbstract Selection-driven color variation in the aposematic strawberry poison frog, Oophaga pumilio. Aguilar-Gómez, Diana, Layla Freeborn, Lin Yuan, Lydia L. Smith, Alex Guzman, Andrew H. Vaughn, Emma Steigerwald, Adam Stuckert, Yusan Yang, Tyler Linderoth, Matthew MacManes, Kevin J. McGraw, Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki, and Rasmus Nielsen. Current Biology 2026. PDF DOI

2025

  1. graphicalAbstract Genetic rescue of Florida panthers reduced homozygosity but did not swamp ancestral genotypes. Aguilar-Gómez, Diana, Lin Yuan, Yulin Zhang, Alexander Ochoa, Melanie Culver, Robert R. Fitak, Dave Onorato, Kirk E. Lohmueller and Rasmus Nielsen. PNAS 2025. PDF DOI
  2. graphicalAbstract Genetic and Training Adaptations in the Haenyeo Divers of Jeju, Korea. Aguilar-Gómez, Diana, Jacob Bejder, Jonathan Andreasen, Yelin Ko, Andrew Vaughn, Kendell Clement, Martin Tristani, Joo Young Lee, Nikolai Nordsborg, Rasmus Nielsen, Melissa Ilardo. Cell Reports 2025. PDF DOI

2024

  1. Prevalent role of homologous recombination in the repair of specific double-strand breaks in Rhizobium etli. Yáñez-Cuna, Fares Osam, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Araceli Dávalos, and David Romero. Frontiers in Microbiology 2024. PDF

2022

  1. yin yang lizard Population genomics of variegated toad-headed lizard Phrynocephalus versicolor and its adaptation to the colorful sand of the Gobi Desert. Aguilar-Gómez, Diana *, Yuanting Jin *, Débora Y. C. Brandt, Tyler A. Square, Jiasheng Li, Zhengxia Liu, Gang Shao, Tao Wang, Peter H. Sudmant, Craig T. Miller and Rasmus Nielsen. Genome Biology and Evolution 2022. PDF image by Philippa Steinberg

2021

  1. Whole-genome sequence analysis unveils different origins of European and Asiatic mouflon and domestication-related genes in sheep. Chen, Ze-Hui, Ya-Xi Xu, Xing-Long Xie, Dong-Feng Wang, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Guang-Jian Liu, Xin Li et al. Communications Biology 2021. PDF

2020

  1. Microfluidics for single-cell lineage tracking over time to characterize transmission of phenotypes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bheda, Poonam, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Igor Kukhtevich, Johannes Becker, Gilles Charvin, Antonis Kirmizis, and Robert Schneider. STAR protocols 2020. PDF
  2. Single-Cell Tracing Dissects Regulation of Maintenance and Inheritance of Transcriptional Reinduction Memory. Bheda, Poonam, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Nils B. Becker, Johannes Becker, Emmanouil Stavrou, Igor Kukhtevich, Thomas Höfer et al. Molecular Cell 2020. PDF

2019 and before

  1. Corytophanids Replaced the Pleurodont XY System with a New Pair of XY Chromosomes. Acosta, Armando, Gabriel Suárez-Varón, Luis A. Rodríguez-Miranda, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Mariana Gutiérrez-Mariscal, Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos, Fausto Méndez-de-la-Cruz, and Diego Cortez. Genome Biology and Evolution 2019. PDF
  2. Effects of substrate color on intraspecific body color variation in the toad-headed lizard, Phrynocephalus versicolor. Haojie Tong, Jiashen Li, Yubin Wo, Gang Shao, Wei Zhao, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, and Yuanting Jin. Ecology and Evolution 2019. PDF
  3. Male mutation bias is the main force shaping chromosomal substitution rates in monotreme mammals. Vivian Link, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Ciro Ramírez-Suástegui, Laurence D. Hurst, and Diego Cortez. Genome Biology and Evolution 2017. PDF
  4. Histone propionylation is a novel mark of active chromatin. Adam F. Kebede, Anna Nieborak, Lara Zorro Shahidian, Stephanie Legras, Diana Aguilar-Gómez, Florian Richter, Marijke P. Baltissen, Gergo Meszaros, Helena de Fatima Magliarelli, Romeo Ricci, Michiel Vermeulen, Gerhard Mittler and Robert Schneider. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2017. PDF