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PeerJ Author & Reviewer

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Juan C. Opazo

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

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Evolutionary Studies Genetics Genomics

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Universidad Austral de Chile

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Full Professor

Universidad Austral de Chile

April 2008

Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas

My research focuses on questions related to the evolution of genomes, using vertebrate animals as a major study system, with special emphasis on understanding the dynamics of gene gain and losses and its connection with the origin of biological novelties.

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PeerJ Contributions

Articles 3
Preprints 2

November 5, 2021

Evolutionary history of the vertebrate Piwi gene family

Javier Gutierrez, Roy Platt, Juan C. Opazo, David A. Ray, Federico Hoffmann, Michael Vandewege

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12451 PubMed 34760405

April 13, 2018

Evolution of dopamine receptors: phylogenetic evidence suggests a later origin of the DRD_2l and DRD_4rs dopamine receptor gene lineages

Juan C. Opazo, Kattina Zavala, Soledad Miranda-Rottmann, Roberto Araya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4593 PubMed 29666757

January 26, 2017

Evolution of gremlin 2 in cetartiodactyl mammals: gene loss coincides with lack of upper jaw incisors in ruminants

Juan C. Opazo, Kattina Zavala, Paola Krall, Rodrigo A. Arias

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2901 PubMed 28149683

January 12, 2018 - Version: 1

Phylogenetic evidence suggests a later origin of the DRD_2l and DRD_4rs dopamine receptor gene lineages

Juan C Opazo, Kattina Zavala, Soledad Miranda-Rottmann, Roberto Araya

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.4043v1

October 9, 2016 - Version: 1

Evolution of gremlin 2 in cetartiodactyl mammals: gene loss coincides with lack of upper jaw incisors in ruminants

Juan C Opazo, Kattina Zavala, Paola Krall, Rodrigo A Arias

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2510v1