Publications
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Santos J, Matos M, Flatt M & Chelo IM (2023) Microbes are potential key players in the evolution of life histories and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10537.
Chelo IM, Afonso B, Carvalho S, Theologidis I, Goy C, Pino-Querido A, Proulx SR & Teotónio H. (2019) Partial selfing can reduce genetic loads while maintaining diversity during experimental evolution. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9: 2811-2821.
Guzella TS, Dey S, Chelo IM, Pino-Querido A, Pereira VF, Proulx SR & Teotónio H. (2018). Slower environmental change hinders adaptation from standing genetic variation PLos Genetics (14) 11.
Noble LM, Chelo I, Guzella T, Afonso B, Riccardi DD, Ammerman P, Dayarian A, Carvalho S, Crist A, Pino-Querido A, et al. (2017) Polygenicity and Epistasis Underlie Fitness-Proximal Traits in the Caenorhabditis elegans Multiparental Experimental Evolution (CeMEE) Panel. Genetics 207: 1663-1685.
Chelo IM (2014) Experimental determination of invasive fitness in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Protocols 9 : 1392-1400.
Theologidis, I*, Chelo, IM*, Goy, C & Teotónio, H (2014) Reproductive assurance drives transitions to self-fertilization in experimental Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Biology 12 : 93. * Equal contributors.
Carvalho S*, Chelo IM*, Goy C. & Teotónio H (2014) The role of hermaphrodites in the experimental evolution of increased outcrossing rates in Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 : 116. * Equal contributors
Chelo IM, Carvalho S, Roque M, Proulx S & Teotónio H (2014) The genetic basis and experimental evolution of inbreeding depression in Caenorhabditis elegans. Heredity 112 : 248-254.
Chelo IM, Nédli J, Gordo I & Teotónio H (2013) An experimental test on the probability of fixation of new genetic variants. Nature Communications 4.
Chelo IM & Teotónio H (2013) The opportunity for balancing selection in experimental populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. Evolution 67 : 142-156.
Teotónio H, Carvalho S, Manoel D, Roque M & Chelo IM (2012) Evolution of outcrossing in experimental populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS One 7(4) : e35811.
Teotónio H, Chelo IM, Bradic M, Rose RM & Long, AD (2009) Reverse evolution reveals natural selection on standing genetic variation. Nature Genetics 41 : 251-257.
Collaborations
Durão P, Kis P, Chelo IM, Ventura MR & Martins LO (2023) Environmentally friendly degradation and detoxification of Rifampicin by a bacterial laccase and hydrogen peroxide. ChemBioChem 25(2): e202300627.
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Bradic M, Costa J, Chelo IM (2011) Genotyping with Sequenom. Methods in Molecular Biology Springer 772 : 193-210.