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Ivan Gomez-Mestre
Researcher at Spanish National Research Council
Publications - 77
Citations - 2978
Ivan Gomez-Mestre is an academic researcher from Spanish National Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pelobates cultripes. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 71 publications receiving 2428 citations. Previous affiliations of Ivan Gomez-Mestre include Boston University & University of Oviedo.
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Phylogenetic analyses reveal unexpected patterns in the evolution of reproductive modes in frogs
TL;DR: This work analyzes the evolution of anuran reproductive modes using comparative methods on a phylogeny and matched life‐history database of 720 species, finding significant associations between terrestrial reproduction and reduced clutch size, larger egg size, reduced adult size, parental care, and occurrence in wetter and warmer regions.
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Developmental plasticity mirrors differences among taxa in spadefoot toads linking plasticity and diversity.
TL;DR: Differences in the larval period explain 57% of the variance in relative limb length and 33% of snout length across species, and morphological diversity across these species appears to have evolved as a correlated response to selection for a reduced larval periods in desert-dwelling species.
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Local adaptation of an anuran amphibian to osmotically stressful environments
Ivan Gomez-Mestre,Miguel Tejedo +1 more
TL;DR: Significant differences in embryonic and larval survival in brackish water among sibships for all populations suggest the existence of a genetic basis for the osmotic tolerance of B. calamita populations, defining a window of salinity range within which selection can act.
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Preservation of RNA and DNA from mammal samples under field conditions.
TL;DR: Liver yielded the best RNA and DNA quantity and quality; thus, liver should be the tissue preferentially collected from euthanized animals and the NAP buffer is an economical alternative for RNA preservation at ambient temperature for at at least 2 months and DNA preservation for at least 10 months.
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Mechanisms and consequences of developmental acceleration in tadpoles responding to pond drying.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors determine mechanisms enabling developmental acceleration in response to decreased water levels in western spadefoot toad tadpoles (Pelobates cultripes), a species with long larval periods and large size at metamorphosis but with a high degree of developmental plasticity.