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Dr. Jesus Lozano Fernandez
Beatriu de Pinós Fellow My research experience is mostly based in the study of animal’s origin and their evolution. I am interested in the evolutionary processes that lead to developmental changes and hence biodiversity generation along animal history. So far, I studied the origin of metamorphosis, which allowed insects conquering the air, and the terrestrialisation process of arthropods, which allowed them to radiate on land generating most of the current biodiversity. At present, I am working working on the origin of animals and fungi as a research fellow at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF) of Barcelona, and I am a honorary researcher at the University of Bristol, keeping my former links with the Bristol's Palaeobiology Research Group. |
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Phylogenetics
The study of the evolutionary history and relationship of extant and extinct organisms, using molecular, morphological and fossil data
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EvoDevo
The study of the evolutionary developmental processes to determine the origin and evolution of major biological transitions
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Palaeobiology
The study of fossils and present organisms to infer their evolutionary history
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