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Mariana Chávez-Pesqueira

Mariana Chávez Pesqueira

CURRENT POSITION
Researcher
DIVISION
Natural Resources
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Education


  • B.S. Biology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2007.
  • M.S. Biological Sciences. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2010.
  • Ph.D. Biological Sciences. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2015
  • Post-doctoral fellow. University of Toronto. 2016.

Current research


  • Agrobiodiversity for Ecological and Cultural Sustainability.

ONGOING RESEARCH


  • Using landscape genomics to assess local adaptation in wild papaya (Carica papaya) populations in its center of origin. (Ciencia Básica CONACYT)

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS


  • 2011. First place, Master’s thesis. III Congreso de la Sociedad Científica Mexicana de Ecología.
  • 2014. Third place, graduate students. National Scientific Journalism and Promotion Prize. CONACyT. Project: Genes in the wind.
  • 2017. Level Candidate. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
  • 2020. Level I. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES


    B.S.
  • Characterization of morphological differences between wild and cultivated plants of domesticated species.
  • Differences in ecological interactions (pollination, dispersal, antagonisms) between wild and domesticated varieties.
  • Genetic diversity between wild relatives and domesticated species.
  • Graduate:
  • Gene flow between wild populations and crops of domesticated species.
  • Detection of genomic regions associated with domesticated characters.
  • Local adaptation of wild populations of domesticated species.
Source: Mariana Chávez-Pesqueira
Last Updated: 25 August 2021
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