As an evolutionary biologist, Dr. Liz Borda’s research focuses on the use of integrative systematic approaches, including genetic, genomic, phylogenetic, ecological and morphological evaluations, to uncover the evolutionary processes that drive diversity, shape life history strategies, adaptations and biogeographic distributions to improve our knowledge of tropical terrestrial, freshwater, and marine invertebrate species found in biodiversity hotspots around the world.

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Recent Publications

1. In Press. Rohret SM, Calderón Guttiérrez F, Borda E, Brankovits D, Pohlman JW, Marab P, Edgcomb VP and Bernhard JM. Benthic eukaryotic biodiversity in select subterranean estuaries of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cozumel Island, Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
2. 2026. [Book Chapter] Kudenov J, Yáñez-Rivera B, Barroso R and Borda E. Amphinomidae Savigny 1818. In: Annelida, Handbook of Zoology. Purschke G, Böggemann M and Westheide W. (Eds). De Gruyter Bill Press. 
3. 2024. Calderón-Gutiérrez F, Gonzalez B, Iliffe TM,  Labonté J, Mejía-Ortíz LM and Borda E. Cryptic species hidden in subterranean estuary ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 291: 20241483
4. 2023. Fernández-Lereé CG, Ávila-García A, Sánchez C, Borda E, López-Vivas JM, Huato-Soberanis L, and Gómez-Gutiérrez J. Zenopontonia soror caridean shrimp exhibits dynamical mimicry with sea star host switching. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 568 (2023):151936. 
5. 2023. Calderón Gutiérrez F, Iliffe TM, Borda E, Yañez G and Labonté J. Resilience of the karst subterranean estuary to precipitation impacts. Ecology and Evolution. 13(8): e10415.
6. 2023. Ávila-García A, Sánchez C, Huato-Soberanis L, Borda E and Gómez-Gutiérrez J. Continuous reproduction causes stable population structure of Sandyella tricornuta (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) epibiont of black coral. Pacific Science 76 (4), 397-410.
7. 2022. Ballou L, Chavez-Solis E, Brankovits D, Chavez Diaz, JM, Gonzalez B, Rohret S, Salinas A, Liu A, Simoes N, Alvarez F, Miglietta MP, Iliffe T and Borda E. Identity Crisis: An integrative re-evaluation of the shrimp Typhlatya within the Yucatan Peninsula. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 5302.
8. 2021. Müller J, Schumacher A, Borda E, Rouse GW, Bartolomaeus T and Tilic E. “Brittleworms”: Ultra-structure and arrangement of the calcified chaetae of Euphrosine (Amphinomida, Annelida). Invertebrate Biology. 140(4): e12353.
9. 2021. [Book Chapter] Yáñez-Rivera B and Borda E. Amphinomidae Savigny 1818. In: Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) de México y América Tropical, con un adendum a los Clitelata, 2a Ed. de León-González JA, Bastida-Zavala JR, Carrera-Parra LF, García-Garza ME, Salazar-Vallejo SI, Solís-Weiss V and Tovar-Hernández MA (Eds.).  Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.
10. 2021. [Book Chapter] Yáñez-Rivera B and Borda E. Euphrosinidae Williams, 1851. In: Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) de México y América Tropical, con un adendum a los Clitelata, 2a Ed. de León-González JA, Bastida-Zavala JR, Carrera-Parra LF, García-Garza ME, Salazar-Vallejo SI, Solís-Weiss V and Tovar-Hernández MA (Eds.).  Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.
11. 2021. [Research Note] Stegenga BS, Jarboe A, Stevenson DJ and Borda E. Parasitism of the Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means Garden) by the macrobdellid leech Macrobdella ditetra Moore. Southeastern Naturalist 20 (1), N1
12. 2020. Ávila-García A, Sánchez CA, Borda E, González-Acosta B, Huato-Soberanis L, and Gómez-Gutiérrez J. From five to one: Sandyella species (Palaemonidae) are distinct ontogenetic stages of a single species. Zoologica Scripta 49(4): 488-498
13. 2019. [Book Chapter] Schulze A, Hipes J, Borda E and Rice ME. Whos who in sipunculans? Matching larvae and adults using DNA. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Science. 
14. 2019. Siddall ME, Barkdull M, Tessler M, Brugler MR, Borda E, and Hekkala E. Ideating iDNA: Lessons and limitations from leeches in legacy collections. PLOS ONE. 14 (2), e0212226
15. 2018. Gonzalez BC, Martinez A, Borda E, Iliffe TM, Fontaneto D and Worsaae K. Phylogeny and systematics of the Aphroditiformia based on total evidence. Cladistics. 34 (3), 225-259.