
Latest publications
- 2023 Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20230140 Increased male-induced harm in response to female-limited selection: interactive effects between intra- and interlocus sexual conflict?
- 2022 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 95: 1-14 Intergenerational costs of oxidative stress: reduced fitness in daughters of mothers that experienced high levels of oxidative damage during reproduction
- 2020 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74:98. Life-long testosterone and antiandrogen treatments affect the survival and reproduction of captive male red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa)
- 2019 PLoS One 14: e0221436 Carotenoid-based coloration predicts both longevity and lifetime fecundity in male birds, but testosterone disrupts signal reliability
Ana Ángela Romero Haro
Postdoctoral Researcher (IREC, UCLM)
Research Themes
My research is framed inside the evolutionary ecophysiology, focusing on the physiological mechanisms underlying the expression of the life-history traits. Particularly, my work addresses the long-lasting and inter- and transgenerational effects of the stress faced during the development, as well as physiological constraints and costs of the reproductive investment. I have principally studied the oxidative stress and the telomeres’ dynamic as physiological biomarkers because both factors are closely related to the resolution of the life-history trade-offs and the ageing process. Birds are my main study models, particularly the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) and the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).
Curriculum Vitae
I got my Bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Córdoba. I was granted with a “FPI” fellowship for developing my PhD at the Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), in Ciudad Real. Throughout my postdoctoral research I have worked in several European research institutes, including the University of Zurich (Switzerland), the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (Germany), the University of Strasbourg (France) and the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). I was a “Marie-Curie” post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Exeter (UK). Currently, I am working in the IREC as a post-doctoral “Maria Zambrano” research fellow.