Publications

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Peer-reviewed publications

Comparative Genomics

• Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Luís Q. Alves, André M. Machado, Mónica Lopes-Marques, Rute R. da Fonseca, Miguel Fonseca, Raquel Ruivo and L. Filipe C. Castro. 2020 Losing Genes: The Evolutionary Remodeling of Cetacea Skin Front. Mar. Sci., 28 October 2020. 

• Fonseca E et al. 2020 Cartilaginous fishes offer unique insights into the evolution of the nuclear receptor gene repertoire in gnathostomes. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 295, 113527.

Forensic/Psychiatric genomics

• Julie Courraud, Francesco Russo, Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Susan Svane Laursen, Andrés Ingason, David M Hougaard, Arieh S Cohen, Thomas Werge, Madeleine Ernst. 2023. Metabolic signature of the pathogenic 22q11. 2 deletion identifies carriers and provides insight into systemic dysregulationTranslational psychiatry 13 (1), 391.

• Krebs, M.D., Themudo, G.E., Benros, M.E. et al. 2021. Associations between patterns in comorbid diagnostic trajectories of individuals with schizophrenia and etiological factors. Nat Commun 12, 6617. 

• Sofie Lindgren Christiansen, Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen, Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Christin Løth Hertz, Johannes Rødbro Busch, Martin Roest Christensen, Kristine Boisen Olsen, Jytte Banner, Niels Morling. 2021 Genetic investigations of 100 inherited cardiac disease-related genes in deceased individuals with schizophrenia International Journal of Legal Medicine 135, 1395–1405.

• Espregueira Themudo G, Leerschool A-R, Rodriguez-Proano C, Christiansen SL, Andersen JD, Busch JR, Christensen MR, Banner J, Morling N. 2020 Targeted exon sequencing in deceased schizophrenia patients in Denmark. Int. J. Legal Med. 134, 135–147.

• Andrew J Pakstis, Longli Kang, Lijun Liu, Zhiying Zhang, Tianbo Jin, Elena L Grigorenko, Frank R Wendt, Bruce Budowle, Sibte Hadi, Mariam Salam Al Qahtani, Niels Morling, Helle Smidt Mogensen, Goncalo E Themudo, Usha Soundararajan, Haseena Rajeevan, Judith R Kidd, Kenneth K Kidd (2017) Increasing the reference populations for the 55 AISNP panel: the need and benefits. International Journal of Legal Medicine 131, 913–917.

• GE Themudo, HS Mogensen, C Børsting, N Morling (2016) Frequencies of HID-ion ampliseq ancestry panel markers among greenlanders. Forensic Science International: Genetics 24, 60-64

Ancient DNA/Genomics

• Alba Rey-Iglesia, Jeanne Hjort, Teresa L Silva, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Munkhnast Dalannast, Tumendemberel Ulziisaikhan, Buyanaa Chimeddorj, Gonçalo Espregueira-Themudo, Paula F Campos, Genetic diversity of the endangered Mongolian saiga antelope Saiga tatarica mongolica (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) provides insights into conservation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2022;, blac074, 

• Alba Rey-Iglesia, Philippe Gaubert, Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Rosa Pires, Constanza De La Fuente, Luís Freitas, Alex Aguilar, Asunción Borrell, Tatiana Krakhmalnaya, Raquel Vasconcelos, Paula F Campos. 2020 Mitogenomics of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) reveals dramatic loss of diversity and supports historical gene-flow between Atlantic and eastern Mediterranean populations. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa084.

• Espregueira Themudo G, Rey-Iglesia A, Robles Tascón L, Bruun Jensen A, da Fonseca RR, Campos PF. 2020 Declining genetic diversity of European honeybees along the twentieth century. Sci. Rep. 10, 10520.

• Espregueira Themudo G, Campos P (2018) Phylogenetic position of the extinct blue antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) (Bovidae: Hippotraginae), based on complete mitochondrial genomes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 23, 361-362.

• RR da Fonseca, A Albrechtsen, GE Themudo, J Ramos-Madrigal, et al. (2016) Next-generation biology: Sequencing and data analysis approaches for non-model organisms. Marine Biology.

• Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Ana C. Rufino, Paula F. Campos, Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the endangered giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani): Insights into conservation and taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 83, February 2015, Pages 242-249. [pdf]

• M Raghavan, GE Themudo, CI Smith, G Zazula, PF Campos (2014) Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) of the mammoth steppe: tracing palaeodietary and palaeoenvironmental changes over the last 50,000 years using carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis.Quaternary Science Reviews, 102: 192-201. [pdf]

Spatial and molecular epidemiology

• Chowdhury, S. , G. Espregueira Themudo, M. Sandberg and A. K. Ersbøll (2012) Spatio-temporal patterns of Campylobacter colonization in Danish broilers. Epidemiology and Infection, 141 (5): 997-1008.

• Salomonsen, C. M., Themudo, G. E., Jelsbak, L., Molin, S., Høiby, N., & Hammer , A. S. (2012). Typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from hemorrhagic pneumonia in mink (Neovison vison) Veterinary Microbiology, 163 (1-2): 103-109. 

• Francisco Baldaque-Silva, Margarida Marques, Nuno Lunet, Gonçalo Themudo, Kenichi Goda, Ervin Toth, José Soares, Pedro Bastos, Rosa Ramalho, Pedro Pereira, Nuno Marques, Miguel Coimbra, Michael Vieth, Mario Dinis-Ribeiro, Guilherme Macedo, Lars Lundell, and Hanns-Ulrich Marschall (2012) Endoscopic assessment and grading of Barrett's esophagus using magnification endoscopy and narrow band imaging: Impact of structured learning and experience on the accuracy of the Amsterdam classification system Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 48 (2): 160-167.

• Ahmed, S.S.U., G. Espregueira Themudo, J.P. Christensen, P. K. Biswas, M. Giasuddin, M.A. Samad, N. Toft and A.K. Ersbøll (2012) Molecular epidemiology of circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus in chickens, in Bangladesh, 2007–2010. Vaccine, 30 (51): 7381–7390

• Chowdhury, S., Sandberg, M., Themudo, G. E., Ersbøll, A. K., 2012. Risk factors for Campylobacter infection in Danish broiler chickens. Poultry Science, 91(10): 2701–2709. [pdf]

• Chowdhury, S., M. Sandberg, G. Espregueira Themudo and A. K. Ersbøll  (2012) The effect of presence of infected neighbouring farms for the Campylobacter infection status in Danish broiler farms. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 3 (4): 311-322. [pdf]

• Espregueira Themudo, G., H. Houe, J. F. Agger, J. Østergaard and A. K. Ersbøll (2012) Identification of biosecurity measures and spatial variables as potential risk factors for Aleutian disease in Danish mink farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine , 107 (1-2): 134–141. [pdf] - Corrigendum

• Espregueira Themudo, G., J. Østergaard, and A.K. Ersbøll (2011) Persistent spatial clusters of plasmacytosis among Danish mink farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 102: 75-82.

Phylogeny and population genetics of newts

• Espregueira Themudo, G., A. N. Nieman and J. W. Arntzen (2012) Is dispersal guided by the environment? A comparison of interspecific gene flow estimates among differentiated regions of a newt hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 21 (21): 5324–5335.

• Wielstra, B., Espregueira Themudo, G., Güçlü, Ö., Olgun, K., Poyarkov, N.A., Arntzen, J.W., 2010. Cryptic crested newt diversity at the Eurasian transition: The mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Near Eastern Triturus newts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 888-896.

• Espregueira Themudo, G., B. Wielstra and J. W. Arntzen. 2009. Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52: 321-328.

• Espregueira Themudo, G., W. Babik, and J. W. Arntzen. 2009. A combination of techniques proves useful in the development of nuclear markers in the newt genus Triturus. Molecular Ecology Resources 52: 321-328.

• Arntzen, J. W., and G. Espregueira Themudo. 2008. Environmental parameters that determine species geographical range limits as a matter of time and space. Journal of Biogeography 35: 1177-1186.

• Arntzen, J. W., G. Espregueira Themudo, and B. Wielstra. 2007. The phylogeny of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies): nuclear and mitochondrial genetic characters suggest a hard polytomy, in line with the paleogeography of the centre of origin. Contributions to Zoology 76:261-278.

• Espregueira Themudo, G., and J. W. Arntzen. 2007b. Newts under siege: range expansion of Triturus pygmaeus isolates populations of its sister species. Diversity and Distributions 13:580-586.

• Espregueira Themudo, G., and J. W. Arntzen. 2007a. Molecular identification of marbled newts and a justification of the Triturus marmoratus and T. pygmaeus species status. Herpetological Journal 17:24-30.

Book Chapters

• Espregueira Themudo, G. and J. W. Arntzen 2008 Triturus marmoratus in: Atlas dos anfíbios e répteis de Portugal (eds. Armando Loureiro, Nuno Ferrand, Miguel Carretero). [pdf]

• Espregueira Themudo, G. 2013 “Como é possível que um animal, que vive em terra, comece a voar? Será que as galinhas já foram dinossauros?”, pp 63-63 in Campos R (ed.) et al. (2013). Um livro sobre evolução. CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos. Porto, Portugal, 164 pp. ISBN: 978-989-97418-9-8. [pdf]

Technical Reports

• Espregueira Themudo, G. and N. Ferrand (2003) Clarificação da taxonomia de Triturus marmoratus em Portugal. Relatório final do trabalho desenvolvido de acordo com o protocol celebrado entre o ICN e o ICETA, no âmbito do projecto: "Revisão do Livro Vermelho dos Vertebrados em Portugal"

• Agger, J. F. G., Dietz, H. H., Houe, H.,  Ersbøll, A. K. Themudo, G. E. & Østergaard, J. (2011) Risikofaktorer for smitte med plasmacytose i danske minkbesætninger. Dansk Pelsdyravl 2: 42-49.

Thesis

• MSc (2005) Study of the Marbled Newt (Triturus (m.) marmoratus and T. (m.) pygmaeus) hybrid zone by genetic markers . [Estudo da Zona Híbrida entre Triturus marmoratus e T. pygmaeus por Marcadores Genéticos]. Universidade do Porto. [pdf]

• PhD (2010) Newts in time and space: the evolutionary history of Triturus newts at different temporal and spatial scales. Universiteit Leiden. [pdf]