Elie Poulin
David Véliz
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Chile
Casilla 653, Santiago
E-mail: dveliz@uchile.cl
lem.dm.cl
Phone: 56-2-9787314
Fax: 56-2-2727363

 
 


Education: Universidad Católica del Norte, Licenciatura en Ciencias del Mar, 1995, Universidad Católica del Norte, Biología Marina, 1998. Université Laval, Québec, Canadá, Ph.D. in Biology, 2005.

Present academic positions: Assistant Professor, Universidad de Chile. Young Scientist, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB).

Honors and prizes: Doctoral fellowship Richard Bernard Foundation, 2005. Doctoral fellowship Provancher Society, Québec. 2005.

Research: My main research area is population genetic and population ecology of aquatic organisms applied to the conservation at both specific and genetic level. Using different molecular markers (mtDNA, microsatellites, AFLPs), we studied the respective roles of historical and contemporary factors that affect the genetic structure of natural populations (loss of variability, connectivity, natural selection, etc). In the present, my collaborators and I has been studying the genetic structure at different geographical scales of a kelp species (Lessonia nigrescens); the maternal effect and the reproductive success in two species of limpets (Crepipatella) with different larval development, and the use of the barcoding to identify megalopae larvae (Cancridae) collected from the field. My second research relates the genetic diversity at community level and the habitat size. Using multi-species genetic analyses, we studied the community genetic diversity in rivers with different water flow in the central-north Chile.

Publications

  • Quezada-Romegialli, C., M. Fuentes & D. Véliz (2010) Comparative population genetics of Basilichthys microlepidotus (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) and Trichomycterus areolatus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) in north central Chile. Environmental Biology of Fishes 89: 173-186.
  • Ampuero, D., A.T. Palma, D. Veliz & L.M. Pardo (2010) Description, seasonal morphological variation, and molecular identication of Paraxanthus barbiger megalopae obtained from the natural environment. Helgoland Marine Research 64:117–123. <PDF>
  • Pardo, L.M., D. Ampuero & D. Véliz (2009) Using morphological and molecular tools to identify megalopae larvae collected in the field: the case of sympatric Cancer crabs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89: 481-490. <PDF>
  • Quezada-Romegialli,C., I. Vila & D. Véliz (2009) Nueva especie íctica invasora en aguas continentales de Chile central: Jenynsia multidentata (Jenyns, 1842) (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae). Gayana 73: 74-77. <PDF>
  • Faugeron, S., D. Véliz, G. Peralta, J. Tapia, F. Tellier, C. Billot & E. Martínez (2009) Development and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Chilean kelp Lessonia nigrescens. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 937-939. <PDF>
  • Collin, R., O.R. Chaparro, F. Winkler & D. Véliz (2007) Molecular phylogenetic and embryological evidence that feeding larvae have been reacquired in a marine gastropod. Biological Bulletin 212: 83-92. <PDF>
  • Cubillos, V.M., O.R. Chaparro, Y.A. Montiel & D. Véliz (2007) Unusual source of food: impact of dead siblings on encapsulated embryo development of Crepipatella fecunda (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae). Marine and Freshwater Research 58: 1152-1161. <PDF>

  • Gómez, R., J.J. Magaña, B. Cisneros, E. Pérez-Salazar, S. Faugeron, D. Véliz, C. Castro, J. Rubio, L. Casas & M. Valdés-Flores (2007) Association of the estrogen receptor α gene polymorphisms with osteoporosis in the Mexican population. Clinical Genetics 72: 574-581. <PDF>

  • Véliz, D., E. Bourget & L. Bernatchez (2006) Field evidence for an association between growth and protein polymorphism in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides. Marine Ecology Progress Series 308: 197-206. <PDF>
  • Véliz, D., P. Duchesne, E. Bourget & L. Bernatchez (2006) Stable genetic polymorphism in heterogeneous environments: balance between asymmetrical dispersal and selection in the acorn barnacle. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19(2): 589-599. <PDF>

  • Véliz, D., P. Duchesne, E. Bourget & L. Bernatchez (2006) Genetic evidence for kin aggregation in the intertidal acorn barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides). Molecular Ecology 15(13): 4193-4202. <PDF>

  • Véliz, D., E. Bourget & L. Bernatchez (2004) Regional variation in the spatial scale of selection at MPI and GPI in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (Crustacea). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(5): 953-966. <PDF>

  • Véliz, D., F.M. Winkler & C. Guisado (2003) Developmental and genetic evidence for the existence of three morphologically cryptic species of Crepidula in northern Chile. Marine Biology 143(1): 131-142. <PDF>

  • Véliz, D., C. Guisado & F.M. Winkler (2001) Morphological, reproductive, and genetic variability among three populations of Crucibulum quiriquinae (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) in northern Chile. Marine Biology 139: 527-534. <PDF>

  • Vásquez, J.A., B. Matsuhiro, A. Vega, L.M. Pardo & D. Véliz (2000) The effects of mining pollution  on subtidal habitats of northern Chile. International Journal of Environmental and Pollution 13: 453-472.
  • Vásquez, J.A., D. Véliz & L.M. Pardo (2000) Vida bajo las grandes algas. In: (K. Alveal & T. Antezana, eds), "Sustentabilidad de la Biodiversidad: Un Problema Actual, Bases Científico-Técnicas, Teorizaciones y Perspectivas". Vol II: 225-241.

  • Véliz, D. & J.A. Vásquez (1997) La familia Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en el norte de Chile: consideraciones ecológicas y taxonómicas. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 73: 757-769. <PDF>

  • Baeza., J.A., D. Véliz, L.M. Pardo, K. Lohrmann & C. Guisado (1997) A new polyclad flatworm Tytthosoceros inca (Plathyhelminthes: Polycladida: Cotylea: Pseudocerotidae) from Chilean coastal waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(3): 476-482. <PDF>

  • Pardo, L.M., D. Véliz, I.S. Wehrtmann & K. Anger (1997) Efecto de períodos de ayuno en el crecimiento de la zoea I en Petrolisthes violaceus (Guérin, 1831) (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Investigaciones Marinas 25: 255-262. <PDF>
  • Wehrtmann, I.S., L. Albornoz, L.M. Pardo & D. Véliz (1997) The larval development of Petrolisthes violaceus (Guèrin, 1831) (Decapoda : Anomura : Porcellanidae) from chilean waters, cultived under laboratory conditions. Crustaceana 70(5): 562-583.

  • Vásquez, J.A., D. Véliz & R. Weisner (1996) Análisis malacológico de un sitio arqueológico de la cultura Huentelauquén, IV Región (Chile). Gayana Oceanología 4(2): 109-116.

  • Wehrtmann, I.S., L. Albornoz, D. Véliz & L.M. Pardo (1996) Early development stages, including the first crab, of Allopetrolisthes angulosus (Decapoda : Anomura : Porcellanidae) from Chile, reared in the laboratory. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16(4): 730-747.
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