Conservation genomics of endangered Brazilian birds

• Grant number: 22/11810-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Program to Stimulate Scientific Vocations
• Start date: January 04, 2023
• End date: February 22, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Fabrício Rodrigues dos Santos
• Grantee: Sylvia Hiromi Masuno
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Belo Horizonte , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Conservation genetics is a discipline to study the genetic variation of populations and species that aims to generate evidence to be used for planning better in situ and ex situ conservation strategies.Our research with birds is focused in the Brazilian merganser and Atlantic Forest birds, using genomic data of endangered populations. (AU)