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Yocelyn Gutiérrez

Yocelyn Gutiérrez

Research Technician scholar.google.com/citations?user=gbVqmC4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Yocelyn Gutiérrez is a molecular, evolutionary and computational biologist with extensive experience in macroevolution and population genomics (including animals and plants). She has a solid background in computational languages such as Python, Bash, Perl and R, and extensive experience in bioinformatics (genomics and transcriptomics) and statistics.

She is committed to maintaining ethical standards in all her work. As a minority woman in science, she believes that promoting inclusion is essential to fostering innovation and creativity in science.

Her research focuses on understanding the genomic mechanisms underlying species adaptation, using large genomic datasets and developing bioinformatics tools. Her work involves 1) investigating the genomic basis of dietary diversification and specialisation in animals; 2) investigating the genomic basis of environmental adaptation in mammals using genome-environment association approaches; and 3) exploring the role of transposon element polymorphisms in driving environmental adaptation mechanisms. 

Her role as a bioinformatician in the GenMoz project involves analysing high-resolution genomic data on malaria to evaluate key genomic metrics related to the epidemic and transmission intensities over time. Working closely with the GenMoz team, their combined expertise will enable them to develop models that provide a more detailed understanding of the genomic evolution of malaria.

Lines of research

  • Genomics
  • Evolution
  • Population genomics
  • Modelling
  • Computational Biology
  • Adaptation
  • Bioinformatics

Main publications

  • Gutiérrez-Guerrero YT., Phifer-Rixey M., Nachman MW. (2024) Across two continents: The genomic basis of environmental adaptation in house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from the Americas. PLoS genetics 20 (7),e1011036. Doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1011036
  • Moreno-Santillán D., Lama MT., Gutiérrez-Guerrero YT., Brown A, Donat P., Zhao H., Rossiter JS., Yohe LR., Potter JH., Teeling EC., Vernes SC., Davies KT., Myers E., Hughes GM., Huang Z., Hoffman F., Corthals AP., Ray D., Dávalos LM. (2021) Large-scale genome sampling reveals unique immunity and metabolic adaptations in bats. Molecular Ecology 00:1-19. Doi:10.111/mec.16027
  • Martínez del Río C & Gutiérrez-Guerrero YT. (2020) A Evolutionary remedy for an abominable physiological mystery: Benign hyperglycemia in birds. Journal of Molecular Evolution 88:715-719. Doi:10.1007/s00239-020-09970-0
  • Gutiérrez-Guerrero YT., Ibarra-Laclette EI., Martínez del Río C., Barrera-Redondo J, Rebollar EA, Ortega J, León-Paniagua L, Urrutia A, Aguirre-Planter E., Eguiarte LE. (2020) Genomic consequences of dietary diversification and parallel evolution due to nectarivory in leaf-nosed bats. GigaScience 9(6). Doi:10.1093/gigascience
  • Barrera-Redondo J, Ibarra-Laclette E, Vázquez-Lobo A, Gutiérrez-Guerrero YT, et al., (2019) The genome of Cucurbita argyrosperma (Silver-seed gourd) reveals faster rates of protein-coding and long noncoding RNA turnover and neofunctionalization within Cucurbita. Molecular Plant 12(4):506-520. Doi:10.1016/j.molp.2018.12.023
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