Seascape genetics and evaluation of expression profiles on marine invertebrates on Brazilian Southeast coast

• Grant number: 15/20139-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: April 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Sónia Cristina da Silva Andrade
• Grantee: Sónia Cristina da Silva Andrade
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Jon L Norenburg ; Luiz Lehmann Coutinho ; Vera Nisaka Solferini
• Associated research grant(s): 21/06738-8 - Seascape genetics and comparative genomics: an integrative evolutionary approach in marine invertebrates, AP.BTA.JP2; 18/19945-9 - Seascape genetics and evaluation of expression profiles on marine invertebrates on Brazilian Southeast Coast: visitor benefit, AV.EXT
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/05408-1 - Molecular and morphological diversity of species of the order Mysida Boas, 1883 (Crustacea) of the south and southern regions from Brazil, BP.IC; 20/01407-0 - Analysis of Nemertea diversity on the Southeast Brazilian coast, BP.MS; 19/11478-5 - Littoraria flava (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) population genetics and phylogeography, BP.IC; + associated scholarships 18/12502-4 - Molecular evolution and genetic diversity of toxins in Nemertea, BP.IC; 18/05118-3 - Genomic diversity of gastropod Littoraria flava (King & Broderip, 1832) and study of gene flow patterns, BP.MS; 16/20005-5 - Nemertopsis bivittata (Nemertea) e Perinereis ponteni (Polychaeta:Annelida): validity of species, gene flow and genetic diversity on Brazilian coast, BP.DR - associated scholarships

Abstract

Natural population studies considering the effect of environment and geography over the organisms distribution and dispersal capability is the core of landscape genetics. Inferring how the historical relationships between populations are reflected, on the genetic variability is one of the main challenges on the landscape genetics field. This approach allows the understanding of the relationships between geographic distribution and gene flow with the cumulative environmental and bionomics data. The seascape genetics is the field responsible for the understanding of marine communities and their distribution patterns, usuallly limited by "invisible" or unexpected boundaries or geographic barriers. The present proposal aims to evaluate the genetic variability distribution in two marine invertebrate species that inhabit the Southeastern Brazilian rock shores through SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism) analyses. The variation description will be accompanied by the screening of biotic and abiotic data in the collection location and compared to the results obtained by ocean circulation models. Concomitantly, we intend to investigate, in a small scale, if there is differential expression among samples of Littoraria flava to identify potential genes involved on local adaptation. These analyses will allow to identify and annotate genes that have evolutionary shifts in expression that might be correlated with evolutionary changes in morphological, physiological, and developmental characters of interest. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SANTOS, CAMILLA A.; BEZERRA, FLAVIA O.; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.. Littoraria flava (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) mitogenome: phylogenetic considerations within the Caenogastropoda and evidence of microscale local adaptation. Marine Biology, v. 169, n. 9, p. 10-pg., 2022-09-01. (15/20139-9)

CORTEZ, THAINA; AMARAL, V, RAFAEL; SOBRAL-SOUZA, THADEU; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.. Genome-wide assessment elucidates connectivity and the evolutionary history of the highly dispersive marine invertebrate Littoraria flava (Littorinidae: Gastropoda). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 133, n. 4, p. 999-1015, AUG 2021. (18/05118-3, 15/20139-9, 19/11478-5)

SARANHOLI, BRUNO H.; RODRIGUEZ-CASTRO, KAREN G.; CARVALHO, CAROLINA S.; CHAHAD-EHLERS, SAMIRA; GESTICH, CARLA C.; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.; FREITAS, PATRICIA D.; GALETTI, PEDRO M.. Comparing iDNA from mosquitoes and flies to survey mammals in a semi-controlled Neotropical area. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, v. 23, n. 8, p. 10-pg., 2023-08-03. (15/20139-9, 22/01741-3, 19/26436-6, 17/23548-2)

SANTANDER, MYLENA D.; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO M.; RYAN, JOSEPH F.; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.. The state of Medusozoa genomics: current evidence and future challenges. GIGASCIENCE, v. 11, p. 14-pg., 2022-01-01. (16/04560-9, 15/20139-9)

MENDES, CECILI B.; CORTEZ, THAINA; SANTOS, CINTHYA S. G.; SOBRAL-SOUZA, THADEU; SANTOS, ARIAN DIELACTAQUIZ; SASAKI, DALTON KEI; SILVA, DANILO AUGUSTO; DOTTORI, MARCELO; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.. Seascape genetics in a polychaete worm: Disentangling the roles of a biogeographic barrier and environmental factors. Journal of Biogeography, v. 49, n. 12, p. 13-pg., 2022-10-12. (15/20139-9, 16/20005-5)

MENDES, CECILI B.; NORENBURG, JON L.; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.. Species delimitation integrative approach reveals three new species in the Nemertopsis bivittata complex. INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS, v. 35, n. 6, AUG 2021. (15/20139-9, 16/20005-5)

SANTOS, CAMILLA A.; SONODA, GABRIEL G.; CORTEZ, THAINA; COUTINHO, LUIZ L.; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.. Transcriptome Expression of Biomineralization Genes in Littoraria flava Gastropod in Brazilian Rocky Shore Reveals Evidence of Local Adaptation. GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, v. 13, n. 4, APR 2021. (15/20139-9)