PDFs of our publications Balke et al 2007 MPE 42: 505-516 Pons 2006 Mol Ecol Notes 6: 623-626 Pons et al 2006 Syst Bio 55: 595-609 Pons&Vogler 2006 Cladistics 22: 144-156 Monaghan et al 2006 PRSB 273: 887-893 Pons&Vogler 2005 MBE 22: 991-1000 Pons&Gillespie 2004 JME 59:632-641 Gomez_Zurita et al 2004 JZSER 42: 332-341 Pons 2004 Genome 47: 769-774 Pons et al 2004 Syst Bio 53: 554-570 Pons et al 2004 Heredity 92: 418-427 Pons 2004 JZSER 42: 81-85 Pons et al 2003 Hereditas 139: 28-34 Bruvo et al 2003 Gene 312: 85-94 Palmer et al 2003 Eur J Entom 100: 123-129 Pons et al 2002 MBE 19: 1329-1340 Pons et al 2002 Chrom Res 10: 597-606 Barcelo et al 1997 Eur J Biochem 224: 318-324 Pons et al 1997 Gene 205: 183-190 Pons et al 1993 Hereditas 119: 179-185 Juan et al 1993 Chrom Res 1: 167-174

2007

BALKE, M.; PONS, J.; RIBERA, I.; SAGATA, K.;  AND VOGLER, A.P. (2007). Infrequent and unidirectional colonization of megadiverse Papuadytes diving beetles in New Caledonia and New Guinea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 505-516.

2006

PONS, J. (2006). DNA-based analysis for identifying preys from total DNA extracted from whole predators specimens using non-destructive methods, and arthropod ‘universal’ primers. Molecular Ecology Notes 6:623-626.

PONS, J.; BARRACLOUGH T. G.;, GOMEZ-ZURITA, J.; CARDOSO, A.; DURAN, D.; HAZELL, S.; KAMOUN, S.; SUMLIN W. D.; VOGLER, A.P. (2006) Evolutionary species delineation for the DNA taxonomy of undescribed insects. Systematic Biology 55(4):595-609.

PONS, J.; VOGLER, A. P. (2006) Size, frequency, and phylogenetic signal of multiple-residue indels in sequence alignment of introns. Cladistics 22:144-156.

MONAGHAN, .T.; BALKE, M., PONS J.; VOGLER A.P. (2006) Beyond barcodes: complex DNA taxonomy of a South Pacific Island radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 273: 887-893.

2005

PONS, J.; VOGLER, A. P. (2005) Complex history of origination and fast evolution of a mitochondrial rRNA pseudogene in a recent radiation of tiger beetles. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22(4): 991-1000.

2004

PONS, J.; GILLESPIE, R.G. (2004) Evolution of satellite DNAs in a radiation of endemic Hawaiian spiders: Does concerted evolution of highly repetitive sequences reflect evolutionary history? Journal of Molecular Evolution 59: 632-641.

GÓMEZ-ZURITA, J.; PONS, J., PETITPIERRE, E. (2004). The evolutionary origin of a novel karyotype in Timarcha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and general patterns of chromosome evolution in the genus. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary 42: 332-341.

PONS, J. (2004) Cloning and characterisation of a transposable element-like repeat in the heterochromatin of the darkling beetle Misolampus goudoti. Genome 47: 769-774.

PONS, J., THEODORIDES, K., DIOGO A., BARRACLOUGH, T., VOGLER, A.P. (2004) Using exon and intron sequences of the gene Mp20 to resolve basal relationships in Cicindela (Coleoptera:Cicindelidae). Systematic Biology 53(4): 554-570.

PONS, J., BRUVO, B., PETITPIERRE, E., PLOHL, M., UGARKOVIC, D., JUAN, C. (2004) Complex satellite DNA sequences in the genus Pimelia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): structural features and evolution. Heredity 92: 418-427.

PONS, J. (2004) Evolution of diploid chromosome number, sex-determining systems, and heterochromatin in Western Mediterranean and Canarian species of the genus Pimelia (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 42: 81-85.

2003

PONS, J., BUCUR, R., VOGLER, A. P. (2003) Higher-order repeats in the satellite DNA of the cave beetle Pholeuon pholeuon (Coleoptera: Cholevidae). Hereditas139: 28-34.

PONS, J.; GILLESPIE, R.G. (2003) Common origin of the satellite DNAs of the Hawaiian spiders of the genus Tetragnatha: evolutionary constraints on the length and nucleotide composition of the repeats. Gene 313: 169-177.

BRUVO, B., PONS, J., UGARKOVIC, D., JUAN, C., PETITPIERRE, E., PLOHL, M. (2003) Evolution of low-copy number and major satellite DNA sequences coexisting in two Pimelia species-groups (Coleptera). Gene 312: 85-94.

PALMER, M., PETITPIERRE, E., PONS, J (2003). Testing correlated evolution by phylogenetic eigenvector (PVR): the case of body size and DNA content. European Journal of Entomology 100: 123-129.

2002

PONS, J.; PETITPIERRE, E., JUAN, C. (2002). Higher-order organisation and compartmentalisation of satellite DNA PIM357 in species of the coleopteran genus Pimelia. Chromosome Research 10: 597-606.

PONS, J.; PETITPIERRE, E., JUAN, C. (2002) Evolutionary dynamics of satellite DNA family PIM357 in species of the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera). Molecular Biology and Evolution 19 (8): 1329-1340.

90´s

BARCELO, F., PONS, J., PETITPIERRE, E., BARJAU, I., PORTUGAL, J. (1997). Polymorphic curvature of satellite DNA in three subspecies of the beetle Pimelia sparsa. Eur. J. Biochem., 244: 318-324.

PONS, J., BRUVO, B., JUAN, C., PETITPIERRE, E., PLOHL, M., UGARKOVIC, D. (1997) Conservation of satellite DNA in species of the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera). Gene, 205: 183-190.

PETITPIERRE, E.; JUAN, C.; PONS, J.; PLOHL, M., UGARKOVIC, D. (1995). Satellite DNA and constitutive heterochromatin in tenebrionid beetles. In P.E.Brandham and M.D.Bennett (eds). Kew Chromosome Conference IV, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, pp. 351-362.

PONS, J., MULET, J., MASSANET, C. (1995) Fluorescense in situ hybridization: Possible applications for detection of aneuploidies in interphase nuclei in prenatal cytogenetics studies. Revista de Ciència, 15: 81-86.

PONS, J., PETITPIERRE, E., JUAN, C. (1993). Characterization of the heterochromatin of the darkling beetle Misolampus goudoti: cloning of two satellite DNA families and digestion of chromosomes with restriction enzymes. Hereditas, 119: 179-185.

JUAN ,C., PONS, J., PETITPIERRE, E., (1993). Localization of tandemly repeated DNA sequences in beetle chromosomes by fluorescent in situ hybridization. Chromosome Research, 1: 167-174.

PONS, J., JUAN C. (1992). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR): A new tool for phylogenetic studies. Revista de Ciència, 11: 83-92.

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Zoology - Molecular Systematics Lab
Group leader Joan Pons