graduate at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2001) and ph.d. at Genetics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2006). Has experience in Genetics, acting on the following subjects: calliphoridae, cochliomyia hominivorax, microsatellites and population genetics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Flies are diverse models for studying the evolution of the parasitic habit. With 1,256 described species, blow flies (family Calliphoridae) are an ideal candidate for comparative study of the genetic and behavioral determinants of feeding adaptations. Based on feeding habits of their larvae, blow flies are classified as either: 1) necrosaprophagous, which feed on decomposing tissue; 2) fa…
Parasites are attractive models for the study of the evolution of the parasitic habit and the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptive changes. The Calliphoridae family, for example, is a good candidate for such a study. In this family of flies, different species have been recorded feeding on: living tissues of a vertebrate host; living tissues of an invertebrate host; decomposing matter;…
Developmental stability is the ability of an organism to buffer given traits against environmental and intrinsic perturbations. This may involve physiological, temporal or behavioral adjustments to the developmental program. The processes leading to developmental stability have been particularly well studied in arthropods. For instance, if uncoordinated growth is induced in the larval ima…
Since most phenotypic changes between closely related species can be attributed to regulatory variation, cross-species comparison of gene expression is a powerful tool to understand the transcriptome evolution and the architecture of regulatory networks. Hence, the comparative analysis among species with contrasting feeding habits is an excellent opportunity to study the evolution of para…
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Gustatory and olfactory stimuli are important for the behavior of insects, influencing decisions to initiate courtship and copulation, select hosts and oviposition sites, locate nutrient-rich foods, and avoid toxic substances. Both, smell and taste begin with the reception of semiochemicals on the periphery of the olfactory and taste systems, with important roles played by receptors expre…
Olfactory chemoreceptors and digestive enzymes play essential roles in the nutrition of an organism and, consequently, in its survival. The first ones act on locating and selecting food by responding to environmental chemical cues, and the latter, on making nutrients effectively available for absorption and posterior usage. Changes in the repertoire of both groups are suggested to have le…
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The main objective of this project is to understand the evolution of parasitism in blowflies of the family Calliphoridae, which have a worldwide distribution with representatives classified as livestock pests. Calliphorids have diverse feeding habits, which include necrophagy (decomposing material diet), obligate parasitism (live tissue diet) and facultative parasitism (generalist strateg…
Genitalia are recognized as the most divergent structures, especially those of males. Their rapid rates of evolution and extraordinary anatomic and functional complexity have been widely approached in ecological and evolutionary studies. Despite the growing interest in these structures, different gaps have been repeatedly pointed out in recent reviews, including: (1) a disproportional foc…
The spinnerets are an important synapomorphy of spiders, and together with silk they allow them to build their webs. This unique feature of spiders constitute one of the main factors responsible for the ecological success and conquest of nearly every terrestrial habitats, and their current diversity. The morphology of spinnerets is widely used in phylogenetic reconstructions and to classi…
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Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) are a diverse group of dipterans whose larvaecommonly feed on protein-rich substrates, relying mainly on animal tissues. Such tissuesmay either be from a living or dead host depending on the fly species (which definesthem as parasites or necro-saprophagous, respectively). Some may even choose eitheroption, successfully developing on both substrates (thes…
Genitalia perform a pivotal functional task in animals of internal fertilization, without which successful mating cannot be achieved. A consequence of the direct involvement of genitalia in reproduction is that they are often the first traits to diverge in speciation. At the evolutionary scale, this process translates into extremely high evolutionary rates and unprecedented levels of conv…
One of the main goals of evolutionary developmental biology is to understand the mechanistic relationship between genetic and phenotypic changes. This project will pursue this question by using the spinnerets of spiders as an experimental model. Although there is a remarkable diversity of spinnerets morphology, very little information is available on how spinnerets develop, and the evolut…
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| 5 / 5 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 16 / 10 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
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