Search Results - "Moura, André E"
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Citizen science data of cetaceans in the Arabian/Persian Gulf: Occurrence and habitat preferences of the three most reported species
Published in Marine mammal science (01-01-2022)“…Citizen science data are becoming increasingly relevant in wildlife studies, especially when obtaining data requires costly logistics. In the Arabian/Persian…”
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Common dolphin ( Delphinus delphis) habitat preferences using data from two platforms of opportunity
Published in Acta oecologica (Montrouge) (2012)“…Cetaceans are difficult to observe in the wild, and demand complex logistics for dedicated collection of biological data. As such, the distribution of most…”
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Temporal and geographic patterns of kinship structure in common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) suggest site fidelity and female-biased long-distance dispersal
Published in Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (01-08-2017)“…Social structure plays a crucial role in determining a species' dispersal patterns and genetic structure. Cetaceans show a diversity of social and mating…”
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Comparative biogeography and the evolution of population structure for bottlenose and common dolphins in the Indian Ocean
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-07-2021)“…Aim In the marine environment, where there are few physical boundaries to gene flow, there is often nevertheless intraspecific diversity with consequences for…”
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Drivers of Population Structure of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Published in Evolutionary biology (01-06-2015)“…The drivers of population differentiation in oceanic high dispersal organisms, have been crucial for research in evolutionary biology. Adaptation to different…”
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New insights into the pathogenesis and transmission of Brucella pinnipedialis : systemic infection in two bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus )
Published in Microbiology spectrum (12-12-2023)“…spp. are zoonotic pathogens that can affect both terrestrial and marine mammals. has been identified in various cetacean species, but only one sequence type…”
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Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-05-2020)“…[Display omitted] •We used RADseq to provide a high resolution nuclear phylogeny of the Delphininae.•The genus Stenella is least well resolved likely due to…”
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Recent Diversification of a Marine Genus (Tursiops spp.) Tracks Habitat Preference and Environmental Change
Published in Systematic biology (01-11-2013)“…Understanding the evolution of diversity and the resulting systematics in marine systems is confounded by the lack of clear boundaries in oceanic habitats,…”
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Human‐modified canids in human‐modified landscapes: The evolutionary consequences of hybridization for grey wolves and free‐ranging domestic dogs
Published in Evolutionary applications (01-10-2021)“…Introgressive hybridization between domestic animals and their wild relatives is an indirect form of human‐induced evolution, altering gene pools and…”
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Unregulated hunting and genetic recovery from a severe population decline: the cautionary case of Bulgarian wolves
Published in Conservation genetics (01-04-2014)“…European wolf (Canis lupus) populations have suffered extensive decline and range contraction due to anthropogenic culling. In Bulgaria, although wolves are…”
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Diversifying Selection Between Pure-Breed and Free-Breeding Dogs Inferred from Genome-Wide SNP Analysis
Published in G3 : genes - genomes - genetics (01-08-2016)“…Domesticated species are often composed of distinct populations differing in the character and strength of artificial and natural selection pressures,…”
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Kinship study reveals stable non-kin-based associations in a medium-sized delphinid
Published in Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (01-12-2023)“…Delphinids display a wide variety of social structures, in which local food availability and defensibility, sexual size dimorphism and interbirth intervals…”
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Connectivity patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the north-east Mediterranean: implications for local conservation
Published in Conservation genetics (01-04-2024)“…Accurate description of population structure and genetic connectivity is essential for efficient conservation efforts. Along the European coastline, Tursiops…”
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Global Phylogeographic and Admixture Patterns in Grey Wolves and Genetic Legacy of An Ancient Siberian Lineage
Published in Scientific reports (22-11-2019)“…The evolutionary relationships between extinct and extant lineages provide important insight into species’ response to environmental change. The grey wolf is…”
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Cranial variation between coastal and offshore bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Ecuador and the Mediterranean: a three-dimensional geometric morphometric study
Published in Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (01-09-2023)“…Abstract Skull shape analysis provides useful information on wildlife ecology and potential local adaptations. Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)…”
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On the origin of mongrels: evolutionary history of free-breeding dogs in Eurasia
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-12-2015)“…Although a large part of the global domestic dog population is free-ranging and free-breeding, knowledge of genetic diversity in these free-breeding dogs…”
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Killer Whale Nuclear Genome and mtDNA Reveal Widespread Population Bottleneck during the Last Glacial Maximum
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-05-2014)“…Ecosystem function and resilience is determined by the interactions and independent contributions of individual species. Apex predators play a…”
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Population genomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype evolution in sympatry involving both selection and drift
Published in Molecular ecology (01-11-2014)“…The evolution of diversity in the marine ecosystem is poorly understood, given the relatively high potential for connectivity, especially for highly mobile…”
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Corrigendum to “Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 146 (2020) 106756]
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Evolution of Functional Genes in Cetaceans Driven by Natural Selection on a Phylogenetic and Population Level
Published in Evolutionary biology (01-09-2013)“…Cetaceans represent an evolutionary lineage marked by drastic morphological and physiological changes during their adaptation to an exclusively marine…”
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