Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS). My research focuses on understanding the phylogenetic relationships of extant and extinct species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from Madagascar and Mascarenes by using genomics and ancient DNA. I am part of a project that aims to reconstruct detailed evolutionary dynamics of the stunning dung beetle diversity in the Malagasy region and the associated mass extinction events likely caused by human activity. My research interests are molecular systematics, population genomics, and phylogeography, with particular emphasis on the methods that account for hybridization. Previously, I was studying how environmental conditions influence marine mammals' population structure and diversification.
Fields of Science
- 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
- 4 Article
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From museum drawer to tree: historical DNA phylogenomics clarifies the systematics of rare dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from museum collections
Vieira Lopes, F. R., Gunter, N. L., Gillett, C. P. D. T., Montanaro, G., Rossini, M., Losacco, F., Daniel, G. M., Straube, N. & Tarasov, S., 1 Nov 2023, In: bioRxiv. p. 1–11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Genomic evidence for homoploid hybrid speciation in a marine mammal apex predator
Lopes, F., Oliveira, L. R., Beux, Y., Kessler, A., Cárdenas-Alayza, S., Majluf, P., Páez-Rosas, D., Chaves, J., Crespo, E., Brownell Jr., R. L., Baylis, A. M. M., Sepúlveda, M., Franco-Trecu, V., Loch, C., Robertson, B. C., Peart, C. R., Wolf, J. B. W. & Bonatto, S. L., 3 May 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 18, 14 p., eadf6601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Latin American aquatic mammals: an overview of 12 years focusing on molecular techniques applied to conservation
Loizaga, R., Caballero, S., Cunha, H. A., Gravena, W., Herrera-Trujillo, O., Vieira Lopes, F. R., Milmann, L., Ott, P. H., José Pérez-Alvarez, M., Ignácio Túnez, J., A. Durante, C. & Rosa de Oliveira, L., 27 Jan 2023, In: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals. 18, 1, p. 66-95 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Metagenomics reveals that dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) broadly feed on reptile dung. Did they also feed on that of dinosaurs?
Lopes, F., Rossini, M., Losacco, F., Montanaro, G., Gunter, N. & Tarasov, S., 10 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11, p. 01-08 8 p., 1132729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Disentangling mechanisms of evolutionary radiations in tropics by integrating big data with new phylogenetic approaches
Cardoso, P. M., Losacco, F., Merrien, T., Montanaro, G., Porch, N., Rossini, M., Vieira Lopes, F. R., Viljanen, H. & Tarasov, S.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Academy Project
Activities
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Integrative genomics helps to understand the evolution of vulnerable insular communities: radiation and extinction of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the Malagasy region
Fernando Ricardo Vieira Lopes (Speaker), Michele Rossini (Speaker), Grey Gustafson (Speaker), Rachel Glynn (Speaker), Nicholas Porch (Speaker), Nicolas Straube (Speaker) & Sergei Tarasov (Speaker)
12 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Amplicon-metagenomics reveals that Reptile dung is a suitable food resource for Dung Beetles from Madagascar and Mascarenes
Fernando Ricardo Vieira Lopes (Speaker), Michele Rossini (Speaker), Nicole Gunter (Speaker) & Sergei Tarasov (Speaker)
2 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Field trip to Madagascar
Sergei Tarasov (Participant), Thomas Merrien (Participant), Michele Rossini (Participant) & Fernando Ricardo Vieira Lopes (Participant)
Feb 2022 → Mar 2022Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Protecting Madagascan Beetles
Sergei Tarasov (Attendee), Thomas Merrien (Attendee), Michele Rossini (Attendee) & Fernando Ricardo Vieira Lopes (Attendee)
12 Feb 2022 → 13 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Ancient hybridization between the Galapagos and South American fur seals originated the Peruvian fur seal.
Fernando Ricardo Vieira Lopes (Speaker), Larissa Rosa de Oliveira (Speaker), Yago Beux (Speaker), Amanda Kessler (Speaker), Susana Cárdenas-Alayza (Speaker), Patricia Majluf (Speaker), Diego Páez-Rosas (Speaker), Jaime Chaves (Speaker), Enrique Crespo (Speaker), Robert Brownell Jr. (Speaker), Maritza Sepúlveda (Speaker), Valentina Franco-Trecu (Speaker), Carolina Loch (Speaker), Bruce Robertson (Speaker), Claire Peart (Speaker), Jochen B. W. Wolf (Speaker) & Sandro Bonatto (Speaker)
29 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation