Evolution of new environments colonization in mammals: investigating the molecular footprints of fluvial environment colonization and the osmoregulation system

• Grant number: 18/01236-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Mariana Freitas Nery
• Grantee: Elisa Karen da Silva Ramos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/10372-6 - Evolutionary and adaptive insights from high-quality genomes from aquatic vertebrates, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

There are many evidences of adaptations in organisms due to new environments colonization. In particular, the colonization of aquatic environments allows a scenario of new lineages adaptation and diversification and appears as an important issue in evolutionary biology. This proposal aims to elucidate the colonization and subsequent diversification of species in aquatic environments by implementing a comparative approach to uncover the adaptive signals of the occupation of new environments. Using aquatic mammals as models we aim to study the selective regime of genes related to osmoregulation. We will investigate the type and differentiation level among organisms inhabiting different aquatic environments, on different temporal and taxonomic scales. We aim to clarify the evolutionary dynamics of aquatic species in relation to new habitat colonization. Moreover, we intend to understand the molecular basis of osmotic control genes evolution, which are essential components for colonization and diversification on aquatic environments. (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)

MARIANA F. NERY; MATHIAS RENNÓ; AGNELLO PICORELLI; ELISA RAMOS. A phylogenetic review of cancer resistance highlights evolutionary solutions to Peto’s Paradox. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, v. 45, n. 3, 2022-12-05. (15/18269-1, 18/01236-1, 21/03325-4)

SILVA, FELIPE ANDRE; SOUZA, ERICA M. S.; RAMOS, ELISA; FREITAS, LUCAS; NERY, MARIANA F. F.. The molecular evolution of genes previously associated with large sizes reveals possible pathways to cetacean gigantism. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 13, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2023-01-19. (15/18269-1, 17/25058-2, 18/01236-1)

NERY, MARIANA F.; RENNO, MATHIAS; PICORELLI, AGNELLO; RAMOS, ELISA. A phylogenetic review of cancer resistance highlights evolutionary solutions to Peto's Paradox. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, v. 45, n. 3, p. 10-pg., 2022-01-01. (18/01236-1, 21/03325-4, 15/18269-1)

DA SILVA RAMOS, ELISA KAREN; FREITAS, LUCAS; NERY, MARIANA F.. The role of selection in the evolution of marine turtles mitogenomes. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, OCT 12 2020. (15/18269-1, 17/25058-2, 18/01236-1)

Academic Publications

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

RAMOS, Elisa Karen da Silva. Evolutionary genomics in aquatic vertebrates: molecular footprints associated with new environment colonization. 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia Campinas, SP.