Evolutionary restrictions in the skull of Caniforms (Carnivora)

• Grant number: 13/22042-7
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 06, 2014
• Effective date (End): April 05, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Gabriel Henrique Marroig Zambonato
• Grantee: Fábio de Andrade Machado
• Supervisor abroad: Elizabeth R. Dumont
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Local de pesquisa : University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass Amherst), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 11/21674-4 - Evolutionary consequences of morphological integration in the skull and mandible of Caniformia (Carnivora; Mammalia), BP.DR

Abstract

The ongoing doctorate project intends to use quantitative genetic theory to evaluate the impacts of evolutionary restrictions on the morphological diversification of the skull in Caniforms (Carnivora). The present internship proposal has two main objectives: firstly, to allow data gathering at four large North American museums of natural history in order to obtain a base data-set to fulfill the needs of the thesis; secondly, to undergo a supervised internship on morphological evolution, comparative methods and biomechanics. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

ANDRADE MACHADO, FABIO; GONCALVES ZAHN, THIAGO MACEK; MARROIG, GABRIEL. Evolution of morphological integration in the skull of Carnivora (Mammalia): Changes in Canidae lead to increased evolutionary potential of facial traits. Evolution, v. 72, n. 7, p. 1399-1419, JUL 2018. Web of Science Citations: 7.

MIRANDA, FLAVIA R.; CASALI, DANIEL M.; PERINI, FERNANDO A.; MACHADO, FABIO A.; SANTOS, FABRICIO R. Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 183, n. 3, p. 687-721, JUL 2018. Web of Science Citations: 5.

CARVALHO, ANDRE L. G.; SENA, MARCO A.; PELOSO, PEDRO L. V.; MACHADO, FABIO A.; MONTESINOS, RACHEL; SILVA, HELIO R.; CAMPBELL, GWYNETH; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T. A new Tropidurus (Tropiduridae) from the semiarid Brazilian Caatinga: evidence for conflicting signal between mitochondrial and nuclear loci affecting the phylogenetic reconstruction of South American collared lizards. American Museum Novitates, n. 3852, p. 1-66, FEB 20 2016. Web of Science Citations: 8.