I have been working on cytogenetics of Bivalvia for more than 20 years... More recently I have been doing some population genetics with molecular markers on mussels, razor shells, clams and barnacles.

I give a Human Genetics course every year, and I am in charge of the practical work of the Genetics course.

Publicaciones de los últimos 5 años

Martínez-Lage, A., Rodríguez, F., González-Tizón, A., & Méndez, J. 2005. Origin and evolution of Mytilus mussel satellite DNAs. Genome 48: 247-256.

Eirín-López, J.M.; Ruíz, M.F., González-Tizón, A.; Martínez-Lage, Ausió, J., Sánchez, L. & Méndez, J. 2005. Título: Common Evolutionary Origin and Birth-and-Death Process in the Replication-Independent Histone H1 Isoforms from Vertebrate and Invertebrate Genomes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 61: 398-407.

Varela MA, González-Tizón A, Francisco-Candeira M, Martínez-Lage A. 2007. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the razor clam Ensis siliqua. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 221-222.

Varela MA, González-Tizón A, Mariñas L, Martínez-Lage A. 2007. Genetic divergence detected by ISSR markers and characterization of microsatellite regions in Mytilus mussels. Biochemical Genetics 45: 565-578.

Francisco-Candeira, M., González-Tizón A., Varela M. A. & Martínez-Lage, A. 2007. Development of microsatellite markers in the razor clam Solen marginatus (Bivalvia: Solenidae) Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K. 87: 977-978.

Fernández-Tajes J, Gaspar, M., Martínez-Patiño, D., McDonough N., Roberts, D., González-Tizón A., Martínez-Lage A, &.Méndez J. 2007. Genetic variation of the razor clam Ensis siliqua along the european coast based on random amplified polymorphic DNA markers. Aquaculture Research 38: 1205-1212.

Fernández-Tajes J, Martínez-Lage A, Freire R, Guerra A, Méndez J, & González-Tizón A. 2008. Genome sizes and karyotypes in the razor clams Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865) and E. siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758).  Cahiers de Biologie Marine 49: 79-85.

Varela MA,  Sanmiguel R, González-Tizón A. & Martínez-Lage A. 2008.  Heterogeneous Nature and Distribution of Interruptions in Dinucleotides May Indicate the Existence of Biased Substitutions Underlying Microsatellite Evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution 66: 575-580.

González-Tizón, A., Fernández-Moreno, M., Vasconcelos, P., Gaspar M.B. & Martínez-Lage, A. 2008. Genetic diversity in fishery-exploited populations of the banded murex (Hexaplex trunculus) from the southern Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 363:  35-41.

Vierna J, González-Tizón AM, & Martinez-Lage A  2009. Long-term evolution of 5S ribosomal DNA seems to be driven by birth-and-death processes and selection in Ensis razor shells (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Biochemical Genetics 47:635–644. DOI: 10.1007/s10528-009-9255-1

Varela MA,  Martínez-Lage A, &. González-Tizón A.M. 2009. Temporal genetic variation of microsatellite markers in the razor clam Ensis arcuatus (Bivalvia. Pharidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K. DOI: 10.1017/s00253-154-090-00812

Martíne-Lage, A. 2009. Muto, luego existo. En Aquí estamos… mutando Ed Ana González.  Ciencia Aberta nº1. Pp: 39-56. Universidade da Coruña. ISBN: 978-84-9749-331-4 (ver. galego) ISBN: 978-84-9749-331-4 (ver. castellano).