Phylogeography of Dendrocincla turdina (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) and Drymophila squamata (Aves: Thamnophilidae): subsidizing the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of passerine birds from Atlantic forest

• Grant number: 12/11678-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Cristina Yumi Miyaki
• Grantee: Ana Cristina Fazza
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/22173-1 - Comparative phylogeography from Passeriformes (Aves) from lowland at Atlantic Forest, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

One of the most fascinating questions in Biology is to understand the process of origin and diversification of taxa. Hypotheses about this process have been proposed, but there is no consensus on which one could be the most important. The Atlantic forest is a megadiverse and highly endangered biome where not enough of such studies have been performed. The aim of the present project is to compare the phylogeographic structure of two passerine birds, Dendrocincla turdina and Drymophila squamata. Both taxa are endemic to the Atlantic forest low lands and we want to investigate whether the same historical factors affected equally their population genetic structures.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FAZZA, Ana Cristina. Phylogeography of Dendrocinda turdina and Drymophyla squamata (Aves): reconstruction of the evolutionary history of passerine birds from the Atlantic forest. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.