Relation between genetic diversity, reproductive aspects and habitat: a comparative and integrated study among species of marine crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura)

• Grant number: 17/12376-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2017
• End date: January 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Morphology of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Luis Medina Mantelatto
• Grantee: Pedro Augusto da Silva Peres
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/21127-2 - Next-generation phylogeography of the widespread swimming crab Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Patterns and processes that explain the genetic diversity of organisms are topics that intrigue Evolutionary Biology. One issue that can be flagged is what factors regulate genetic diversity among different species. This issue still lacks a greater amount of empirical data, especially in relation to the marine environment. Thus, studies that use comparative methods and with a greater number of study models are of valuable importance for the resolution of these questions. In this work, it is proposed to use Brachyura Neotropical Atlantic species as models to evaluate how biological and ecological characteristics are related to the genetic diversity of these organisms. Specifically, we intend to explore issues related to a possible pattern of genetic diversity within a representative and relevant group (Brachyura) in adaptive terms, as well as the relationship between some ecological reproductive (fecundity, longevity of development) characteristics (habitat) and geographical (latitude) in relation to genetic aspects. This work has an integrative character, and strongly aligned with contemporary research lines of Evolutionary Biology. Finally, there is a great potential for this project to result in novel and relevant results on patterns of genetic diversity, especially regarding the reproductive and genetic structuring aspects of Neotropical Atlantic brackish crustacean species. (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)

PERES, PEDRO A.; TEROSSI, MARIANA; IGUCHI, JULLY; MANTELATTO, FERNANDO L.. Can reproductive traits help to explain the coexistence of mud crabs Panopeus (Decapoda: Panopeidae)? A case of two sympatric species inhabiting an impacted mangrove area of Southern Brazil. INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, v. 62, n. 3, p. 154-161, 2018. (17/12376-6)

PERES, PEDRO A.; MANTELATTO, FERNANDO L.. Demographic changes and life-history strategies predict the genetic diversity in crabs. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, v. 36, n. 2, p. 12-pg., 2022-12-20. (10/50188-8, 17/12376-6, 18/13685-5, 18/21127-2, 21/08075-6, 09/54931-0)

PERES, PEDRO A.; BRACKEN-GRISSOM, HEATHER; TIMM, LAURA E.; MANTELATTO, FERNANDO L.. Genomic Analyses Implicate the Amazon-Orinoco Plume as the Driver of Cryptic Speciation in a Swimming Crab. GENES, v. 13, n. 12, p. 15-pg., 2022-12-01. (17/12376-6, 09/54931-0, 10/50188-8, 18/13685-5)

PERES, PEDRO A.; MANTELATTO, FERNANDO L.. Salinity tolerance explains the contrasting phylogeographic patterns of two swimming crabs species along the tropical western Atlantic. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, v. 34, n. 4, JUN 2020. (09/54931-0, 17/12376-6, 18/13685-5, 10/50188-8)

Academic Publications

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

PERES, Pedro Augusto da Silva. Patterns and processes of the genetic diversity in crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura): integrative approach with biological, ecological, and demographic traits. 2021. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) Ribeirão Preto.