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University of California, Berkeley: Berkeley, US

2020-08-01 to present | Graduate Student Instructor/Researcher (Integrative Biology)
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María José Navarrete Méndez

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: Quito, Pichincha, EC

2012-08-01 to 2020-03-14 | Research Assistant (Museo de Zoología QCAZ-Herpetología)
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María José Navarrete Méndez

Education and qualifications (2)

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2020-08-19 to present | PhD (Integrative Biology )
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María José Navarrete Méndez

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: Quito, Pichincha, EC

2011-08-01 to 2017-03-21 | Licenciada en Biología (Ciencias Biológicas)
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María José Navarrete Méndez

Works (4)

Military base threatens Galápagos Islands

Science
2025-02-21 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Leticia M Ochoa-Ochoa; María José Navarrete Méndez; Gabriela Mena González
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Caecilians maintain a functional long-wavelength-sensitive cone opsin gene despite signatures of relaxed selection and more than 200 million years of fossoriality

2025-02-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Maria José Navarrete Méndez; Sina S. Amini; Juan Carlos Santos; Jacob Saal; Marvalee H. Wake; Santiago R. Ron; Rebecca D. Tarvin
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Selection on Visual Opsin Genes in Diurnal Neotropical Frogs and Loss of the SWS2 Opsin in Poison Frogs

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2023-10-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Yin Chen Wan; María José Navarrete Méndez; Lauren A O'Connell; Lawrence H Uricchio; Alexandre-Benoit Roland; Martine E Maan; Santiago R Ron; Mileidy Betancourth-Cundar; Marcio R Pie; Kimberly A Howell et al.
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Selection on visual opsin genes in diurnal Neotropical frogs and loss of theSWS2opsin in poison frogs

2022-10-21 | Preprint
Contributors: YC Wan; MJ Navarrete; LA O’Connell; LH Uricchio; AB Roland; ME Maan; SR Ron; M Betancourth-Cundar; MR Pie; KA Howell et al.
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