Group of Molecular Systematics

Websitehttps://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/gruplac/jsp/visualiza/visualizagr.jsp?nro=00000000001898

Postal address
Colombia

Research fields

1.- Global climate change and its effect on biodiversity 2.- Molecular phylogeny of Andean and tropical species. 3.- Interspecific relationships and their molecular evidence.

Category in the National Science System 2024

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 15 Life on Land

Diana Stella Alvarez Gonzalez
- Department of Biology - Full Professor
- Molecular Population Genetics and Evolutionary Biology - Member research group
- Group of Molecular Systematics - Member research group
Person: Academic, Researcher
19972024
Giovanny Fagua Gonzalez
- Department of Biology - Full Professor
- UNIT OF ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS (UNESIS) - Member research group
- Group of Molecular Systematics - Member research group, Research team leader
- Research Student group for interdisciplinary studies on plant-animal relations - Tutor Research Student Group
- Elitros, entomology work group - Tutor Research Student Group
Person: Academic, Researcher, Tutor
20002025
Adriana Sáenz-Aponte
- Department of Biology - Assistant Professor
- Plant and Production Systems Biology - Member research group
- Group of Molecular Systematics - Member research group
- Biological control of crops - Tutor Research Student Group
Person: Academic, Researcher, Tutor
20082025

Consumption and Digestion of Plastics by Greater Hive Moth Larvae
Arias, A. F., Gomez Mendez, L. D. & Sáenz-Aponte, A., 28 Aug 2024, In: Insects. 15, 9, p. 1-14 14 p., 645.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Scopus citations
Interaction between Steinernema feltiae SC125 and Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato 9236 for control of the Guatemalan potato moth
Pascagaza-Pulido, A. F., Ardila-Mahecha, M. S., Mejía-Forero, J. C., Rodríguez-Bocanegra, M. X. & Sáenz-Aponte, A., 24 Jun 2024, In: Biocontrol Science and Technology. 34, 6, p. 566-578 13 p., 1.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Taxonomic Delineation of the Old World Species Stomphastis thraustica (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Feeding on Jatropha gossypiifolia (Euphorbiaceae) that Was Collected in the New World and Imported as a Biocontrol Agent to Australia
De Prins, J., Taylor, D. B. J., Fagua, G., Dobson, J., Hereward, J. P., Shi, B., Rahman, M. M. & Dhileepan, K., 17 Oct 2022, In: Neotropical Entomology. 52, 3, p. 380-406 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Active
59 Finished

Expresión heteróloga de factores de virulencia de la cepa bacteriana Photorhabdus akhurstii SL0708 y evaluación de su potencial para el control de plagas agrícolas.
Rodriguez Obediente, K. J. (PI), Barrera, G. (CoI), Sáenz-Aponte, A. (CoI) & Teran Perez, W. (CoI)
30/01/25 → 29/07/26
Project: Research
Los fósiles no son suficiente: Una radical nueva visión evolutiva del pasado mediante la filogeografía comparada de 10 especies de carnívoros sudamericanos utilizando mitogenomas y secuencias de genes nucleares
Ruiz Garcia, M. (PI), Vásquez, J. Y. A. (CoI), Alvarez Gonzalez, D. S. (CoI), Pinedo Castro, M. O. Z. (CoI), ALFONSO ZABALA, I. P. (Estud), FULA RODRIGUEZ, J. E. (Estud), PAZ CORTES, D. N. (Estud) & ROJAS GUTIERREZ, S. (Estud)
10/09/24 → 10/09/27
Project: Research
Actividades docentes como apoyo al conocimiento de la Biodiversidad colombiana
Barrientos Correa, L. S. (PI), Aguilar Garavito, M. (CoI), Alvarez Gonzalez, D. S. (CoI), Constantino Chuaire, S. (CoI), Fagua Gonzalez, G. (CoI), Garcia Castro, N. J. (CoI), Gomez Delgado, F. G. (CoI), González, T. M. (CoI), Jacome Reyes, J. H. (CoI), Laverde Rodriguez, O. A. (CoI), Leon Gomez, M. (CoI), Perez Torres, J. (CoI), Prada Pedreros, S. (CoI), Rivera Rondón, C. A. (CoI), Sáenz-Aponte, A. (CoI) & Varela Ramirez, A. (CoI)
28/07/14 → 24/06/27
Project: Research

Pontifical University Javeriana Researcher Illuminates Research in Entomology (Consumption and Digestion of Plastics by Greater Hive Moth Larvae)
Sáenz-Aponte, A. & Gómez-Méndez, L. D.
16/09/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
The gene that defines the sexual behavior of some butterflies
Fagua Gonzalez, G.
26/03/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media