Dr. Jesus Gomez-Zurita

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSystematics and Morphology (Zoology),Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology
KeywordsColeoptera: Chrysomelidae, molecular markers, molecular systematics, phylogenetics, speciation

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CityBarcelona
InstitutionConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
InstituteInstituto Botanico de Barcelona

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Michael BalkeAbteilung Entomologie, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2006

Programme(s)

2006Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2008Gómez-Zurita, J., Hunt, T. & Vogler, A.P.: Multilocus ribosomal RNA phylogeny of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae). In: Cladistics, 2008, 34-50
2007Hunt, T., Bergsten, J., Levkanicova, Z., Papadopoulou, A., St John, O., Wild, R., Hammond, P.M., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Caterino, M.S., Gómez-Zurita, J., Ribera, I., Barraclough, T.G., Bocakova, M., Bocak, L. & Vogler, A.P.: A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a super-radiation. In: Science, 2007, 1913-1916
2007Gómez-Zurita, J., Hunt, T., Kopliku, F. & Vogler, A.P.: Recalibrated tree of Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) indicates independent diversification of angiosperms and their insect herbivores. In: PLoS ONE, 2007, e360