Journal Articles

2025

33. Sampedro-Torres-Quevedo, C., Eraña, H., Charco, J. M., Díaz-Domínguez, C. M., San-Juan-Ansoleaga, M., Fernández-Muñoz, E., Gonçalves-Anjo, N., Galarza-Ahumada, J., Cortazar, A.R., Nespolo, R.F., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Manero-Azua, A., Polanco-Alonso, D., Gaite-Reguero, A., Olalde, Í., Marigorta, U.M., Perez de Nanclares, G., Aransay, A.M. & Castilla, J. (2025). A comprehensive phylogeny of mammalian PRNP gene reveals no influence of prion misfolding propensity on the evolution of this gene. PLOS Pathogens, 21(6), e1013257. 🔗 LINK

32. Saona, L. A., Oporto, C. I., Villarreal, P., Urbina, K., Correa, C., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Moreno-Meynard, P., Piper, F.I., Vianna, J.A., Nespolo, R.F. & Cubillos, F.A. (2025). High ectomycorrhizal relative abundance during winter at the treeline. ISME Communications, 5(1). 🔗 LINK

2024

31. Castillo, N., Gaitán-Espitia, J. D., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Saldías, G. S., Martel, S. I., Lardies, M. A., Mesas, A., Pérez-Santos, I. E., Gelcich, S., & Vargas, C. A. (2024). Small-scale geographic differences in multiple-driver environmental variability can modulate contrasting phenotypic plasticity despite high levels of gene flow. Science of The Total Environment, 954: 176772. 🔗 LINK

30. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Saenz-Agudelo, P., D’Elía, G. & Nespolo, R.F. (2024). Local adaptation of Dromiciops marsupials (Microbiotheriidae) from southern South America: Implications for species management facing climate change. Ecology and Evolution, 14: 1–18. 🔗 LINK

29. Nespolo, R. F., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Fontúrbel, F. E., Cubillos, F. A., Vianna, J., Moreno-Meynard, P., Rezende, E. L., & Bozinovic, F. (2024). Climate change and population persistence in a hibernating marsupial. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291(2025). 6–13. 🔗 LINK

28. Puentes-Sayo, A., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Campos, N. H., Acero P, A., & Narváez-Barandica, J. C. (2024). Genetic connectivity of the common octopus (Octopus insularis) along the southwestern Caribbean. Marine Ecology. 1–14. 🔗 LINK

27. Thomas, R., Santodomingo, A., Saboya-Acosta, L., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Moreno, L., Uribe, J.E., Muñoz-Leal, S. (2024). Hepatozoon (Eucoccidiorida: Hepatozoidae) in wild mammals of the Americas: a systematic review. Parasites and Vectors. 17, 108. 🔗 LINK

26. Narváez Barandica, J.C., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Caruso Vargas, A., Blanco Cervantes, G., Aguirre Pabón, J.C., Castro García, L., Betancur-R., R., Acero P., A. (2024). Congruence between microsatellite loci, SNPs, and COI gen reveals a phylogeographic break in the southern Caribbean Sea: The case of West Indian top shell Cittarium pica (Gastropoda: Tegulidae). Fisheries Research. 269. 106857. 🔗 LINK

2023

25. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Ocampo-Zuleta, K., Castro, L.R., Narváez-Barandica, J.C. (2023). Limited population genetic structure in the littoral gastropod Nerita tessellata (Neritimorpha, Neritidae) suggests high dispersal across the Caribbean Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 568, 151942. 🔗 LINK

24. Narváez-Barandica, J.C., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Aguirre-Pabón, J.C., Castro, L.R., Betancur, R. & Acero Pizarro, A. (2023). A Comparative Phylogeography of Three Marine Species with Different PLD Modes Reveals Two Genetic Breaks across the Southern Caribbean Sea. Animals. 13, 2528. 🔗 LINK

23. Breedon, S.A., Varma, A., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Gaitán-Espitia, J.D., Mejías, C., Nespolo, R.F., & Storey K.B. (2023). Torpor-responsive microRNAs in the heart of the Monito del monte, Dromiciops gliroides. BioFactors. 1–13. 🔗 LINK

2022

22. Villarreal, P., Villarroel, C.A., O’Donnell, S., Agier, N., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Peña, T.A., Nespolo, R.F., Fischer, G., Varela, C. & Cubillos, F.A. (2022). Late Pleistocene-dated divergence between South Hemisphere populations of the non-conventional yeast L. cidri. Environmental Microbiology. 1–21. 🔗 LINK

21. Fontúrbel, F.E., Franco, L.M., Bozinovic, F., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Mejías, C., Amico, G.C., Vazquez, M.S., Sabat, P., Sánchez-Hernández, J.C., Watson, D.M., Saenz-Agudelo, P., & Nespolo, R.F. (2022). The ecology and evolution of the monito del monte, a relict species from the southern South America temperate forests. Ecology and Evolution. 12, 1–24. 🔗 LINK

20. Santodomingo A, Thomas R.S, Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Echeverry-Berrio D.M, Silva de-la-Fuente M.C, Moreno-Salas L & Muñoz-Leal S. (2022). Apicomplexans in small mammals from Chile, with the first report of the Babesia microti group in South American rodents. Parasitology Research. 3-121. 1009-1020. 🔗 LINK

19. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Saenz-Agudelo, P., Amico, G. C., Vazquez, S., Shafer, A. B. A, & Nespolo, R. F. (2022). Genomic diversity and Demographic History of the Dromiciops genus (Marsupialia: Microbiotheriidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107405. 🔗 LINK

2021

18. Mejias, C., Castro-Pastene, C., Carrasco, H., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Soto-Gamboa, M., Bozinovic, F., & Nespolo, R. F. (2021). Natural history of the relict marsupial Monito del Monte at the most extreme altitudinal and latitudinal location. Ecosphere, 9639. 🔗 LINK

17. Nespolo, R. F., Mejías, C., Espinoza, A., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Rezende, E. L., Fontúrbel, F. E., & Bozinovic, F. (2021). Heterothermy as the Norm, Homeothermy as the Exception. Variable Torpor Patterns in the South American Marsupial Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides). Frontiers in Physiology. 🔗 LINK

16. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Saenz-Agudelo, P., Celis-Diez, J. L., Amico, G. C., Vazquez, S., Shafer, A. B. A., & Nespolo, R. F. (2021). The biogeography of Dromiciops in southern South America. Middle Miocene transgressions, speciation and associations with Nothofagus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 163, 107234. 🔗 LINK

2020

15. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Bruning, P., Paleo-López, R., Gomez, D., Sánchez, R., & Cárdenas, L. (2020). Temporal variation in the genetic diversity of a marine invertebrate with long larval phase, the muricid gastropod Concholepas concholepas. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 530–531(June), 151432. 🔗 LINK

2019

14. Nespolo R.F. Paleo-Lopez R., Solano-Iguaran J.J., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Cubillos, F.A., & Bozinovic F. (2019). Performance, genomic rearrangements and signatures of adaptive evolution. lessons from fermentative yeasts. Ecology and Evolution. ece3.6208. 🔗 LINK

13. Mendoza-Ureche, R., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., & Narváez-Barandica, J.C. (2019). Baja variabilidad y diferenciación genética poblacional en la “lisa”, Mugil incilis (Teleostei : Mugilidae) del Caribe colombiano. Revista de Biología Tropical. 67(3), 501–517. 🔗 LINK

2018

12. Nespolo, R.F., Gaitan-Espitia, J.D., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Fernandez, F.V., Silva, A.X., Molina, C., Storey K.B & Bozinovic F. (2018). A functional transcriptomic analysis in the relict marsupial Dromiciops gliroides reveals adaptive regulation of protective functions during hibernation. Molecular Ecology. 27: 4489–4500. 🔗 LINK

11. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Paleo-Lopez R., Solano-Iguaran J.J., Ledger T., Poupin M.J., Gaitán-Espitia J.D., Antoł A., Travisano M. & Nespolo R.F. (2018). Exploring the evolution of multicellularity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under bacteria environment: an experimental phylogenetics approach. Ecology and Evolution. 8(9), 4619–4630. 🔗 LINK

10. Wijenayake, S., Luu, B.E., Zhang, J., Tessier, S.N. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Gaitán-Espitia J.D., Nespolo R.F. & Storey K.B. (2018) Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides: 4. Regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and metabolic fuel selection. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 32-37. 🔗 LINK

9. Luu, B.E., Wijenayake, S., Zhang, J., Tessier, S.N. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Gaitán-Espitia J.D., Nespolo R.F. & Storey K.B. (2018). Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides: 3. Activation of pro-survival response pathways. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 26–31. 🔗 LINK

8. Luu, B.E., Wijenayake, S., Zhang, J., Tessier, S.N. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Gaitán-Espitia J.D., Nespolo R.F. & Storey K.B. (2018). Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides. 2. Control of the Akt pathway and protein translation machinery. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 19–25. 🔗 LINK

7. Wijenayake, S., Luu, B.E., Zhang, J., Tessier, S.N. Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Gaitán-Espitia J.D., Nespolo R.F. & Storey K.B. (2018). Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides. 1. Mitogen-activated protein kinases and the cell stress response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 12–18. 🔗 LINK

2016

6. Gaitán-Espitia J.D., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Mesa A & D’Elia G. (2016). Mitogenomics of southern hemisphere blue mussels (Bivalvia. Pteriomorphia). Insights into the evolutionary characteristics of the Mytilus edulis complex. Scientific Reports. 6.26853. 🔗 LINK

5. Hadj-Moussa H, Moggridge J.A, Luu B.E., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Gaitán-Espitia J.D, Nespolo R.F & Storey K.B. (2016). The hibernating South American marsupial, Dromiciops gliroides, displays torpor-sensitive microRNA expression patterns. Scientific Reports. 6. 24627. 🔗 LINK

4. Paleo-Lopez R., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Solano-Iguaran J.J., Sánchez, A., Gaitán-Espitia J.D. & Nespolo R.F. (2016). A phylogenetic analysis of macroevolutionary patterns in fermentative yeasts. Ecology and Evolution. 1-11. 🔗 LINK

3. Gaitán-Espitia J.D, Solano-Iguaran J.J, Tejada-Matinez D., & Quintero-Galvis, J.F. (2016). Mitogenomics of electric rays: evolutionary considerations within Torpediniformes (Batoidea; Chondrichthyes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 🔗 LINK

2013

2. Quintero-Galvis, J.F. & Castro L. (2013). Molecular Phylogeny of the Neritidae (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha) based on the Mitochondrial Genes Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) and 16S rRNA. Acta Biológica Colombiana. 18 (2): 307-317. 🔗 LINK

2012

1. Mazenett-Gutierres G., Quintero-Galvis, J.F. & Castro L.R. (2012). Estructura poblacional y variabilidad fenotípica de Nerita tessellata (Gastropoda: Neritidae) de la Costa Caribe Colombiana de Santa Marta (Magdalena, Colombia). Revista Intropica. 7(1): 21-30. 🔗 LINK

Editorial & Review Work

1. Zenni, R.D., Andersen, A., Andrew, N.R., Dias, A.T., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Harguindeguy, N.P., … & Moulton, T. (2024). Ecology in South America: Present state and future prospects. Austral Ecology, 49: e13457. 🔗 LINK

Book Chapters

2. Nespolo, R.F., Sáenz-Agudelo, P., Mejías, C., Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Peña, I., Sabat, P., Sánchez-Hernández, J.C., Gurovich, Y., (2022). Chapter 5: The Physiological Ecology of the Enigmatic Colocolo Opossum, the Monito del Monte (genus Dromiciops), and Its Role as a Bioindicator of the Broadleaf Biome, in: Larramendy, M.L., Liwszyc, G. (Eds.). Marsupial and Placental Mammal Species in Environmental Risk Assessment Strategies. Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 81–111. 🔗 LINK

1. Quintero-Galvis, J.F. & Estrada Castillo, S. (2011). I Encuentro Regional de Investigadores en Ciencias de la Vida Sinergia Caribe. Santa Marta, Colombia: Universidad del Magdalena. ISBN 978-958-746-040-7