Maria Cortazar
Researcher at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Animal Ecology
- E-mail:
- maria.cortazar@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA
Keywords
- Immune genes
- Host-parasite evolution
- infection dynamics
- microbiome
- host-microbiome interactions

Publications
Selection of publications
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First occurrence of ranavirus in the Scandinavian peninsula
Part of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, p. 129-133, 2025
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Metamorphosis reverses the behavioral phenotype in rana arvalis along a latitudinal gradient
Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI for Metamorphosis reverses the behavioral phenotype in rana arvalis along a latitudinal gradient
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MHC Diversity Across Time and Space
Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI for MHC Diversity Across Time and Space
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Association between the skin microbiome and MHC class II diversity in an amphibian
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
- DOI for Association between the skin microbiome and MHC class II diversity in an amphibian
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Part of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Major Histocompatibility Complex Variation and Haplotype Associated Survival in Response to Experimental Infection of Two Bd-GPL Strains Along a Latitudinal Gradient
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Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
- DOI for Drift, selection, or migration?: Processes affecting genetic differentiation and variation along a latitudinal gradient in an amphibian
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Stepwise colonization of the Andes by Ruddy Ducks and the evolution of novel beta-globin variants
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 1231-1249, 2013
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Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 43-53, 2013
Recent publications
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Part of Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2026
- DOI for Eastern Baltic cod larvae in a salinity gradient: Choice of salinity and the role of neutral buoyancy
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Deep learning reveals the complex genetic architecture of male guppy colouration
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 1614-1625, 2025
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1678-1689, 2025
- DOI for Major histocompatibility complex modulation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus infections in amphibians
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First occurrence of ranavirus in the Scandinavian peninsula
Part of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, p. 129-133, 2025
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Metamorphosis reverses the behavioral phenotype in rana arvalis along a latitudinal gradient
Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI for Metamorphosis reverses the behavioral phenotype in rana arvalis along a latitudinal gradient
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2026
- DOI for Eastern Baltic cod larvae in a salinity gradient: Choice of salinity and the role of neutral buoyancy
- Download full text (pdf) of Eastern Baltic cod larvae in a salinity gradient: Choice of salinity and the role of neutral buoyancy
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Deep learning reveals the complex genetic architecture of male guppy colouration
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 1614-1625, 2025
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1678-1689, 2025
- DOI for Major histocompatibility complex modulation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus infections in amphibians
- Download full text (pdf) of Major histocompatibility complex modulation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus infections in amphibians
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First occurrence of ranavirus in the Scandinavian peninsula
Part of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, p. 129-133, 2025
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Metamorphosis reverses the behavioral phenotype in rana arvalis along a latitudinal gradient
Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI for Metamorphosis reverses the behavioral phenotype in rana arvalis along a latitudinal gradient
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
- DOI for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis strain affects transcriptomic response in liver but not skin in latitudinal populations of the common toad (Bufo bufo)
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Association between the skin microbiome and MHC class II diversity in an amphibian
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
- DOI for Association between the skin microbiome and MHC class II diversity in an amphibian
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Part of Oecologia, p. 71-81, 2024
- DOI for Body size mediates latitudinal population differences in the response to chytrid fungus infection in two amphibians
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Part of Biodiversity and Conservation, p. 1977-1998, 2023
- DOI for Comparing minimum number of individuals and abundance from non-invasive DNA sampling and camera trapping in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
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Part of Conservation Genetics, p. 139-149, 2022
- DOI for Low neutral and immunogenetic diversity in northern fringe populations of the green toad Bufotes viridis: implications for conservation
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Part of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Major Histocompatibility Complex Variation and Haplotype Associated Survival in Response to Experimental Infection of Two Bd-GPL Strains Along a Latitudinal Gradient
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Part of Heredity, p. 656-667, 2021
- DOI for The effects of drift and selection on latitudinal genetic variation in Scandinavian common toads (Bufo bufo) following postglacial recolonisation
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Small-scale population divergence is driven by local larval environment in a temperate amphibian
Part of Human Heredity, p. 279-292, 2021
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Antimicrobial peptide and sequence variation along a latitudinal gradient in two anurans
Part of BMC Genetics, 2020
- DOI for Antimicrobial peptide and sequence variation along a latitudinal gradient in two anurans
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Part of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, p. 209-218, 2020
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Gene Flow Limits Adaptation along Steep Environmental Gradients
Part of American Naturalist, 2020
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Part of Mammal Research, p. 183-190, 2019
- DOI for Sign surveys for red fox (Vulpes vulpes) censuses: evaluating different sources of variation in scat detectability
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 356-368, 2019
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Part of Immunogenetics, p. 477-484, 2018
- DOI for Signatures of historical selection on MHC reveal different selection patterns in the moor frog (Rana arvalis)
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Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
- DOI for Drift, selection, or migration?: Processes affecting genetic differentiation and variation along a latitudinal gradient in an amphibian
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Part of Developmental and Comparative Immunology, p. 177-188, 2017
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Part of Experimental Gerontology, p. 79-82, 2017
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Part of Evolution, p. 342-357, 2016
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Antagonistic natural and sexual selection on wing shape in a scrambling damselfly
Part of Evolution, p. 1582-1595, 2016
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Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 43-53, 2013
Articles, review/survey
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MHC Diversity Across Time and Space
Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI for MHC Diversity Across Time and Space
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Stepwise colonization of the Andes by Ruddy Ducks and the evolution of novel beta-globin variants
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 1231-1249, 2013
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
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2019