CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Universidade Santa Úrsula (1991) and Ph.D. from the Joint Program in Evolutionary Biology of The City University of New York / American Museum of Natural History (1999). Has experience in Zoology, specializing in the following subjects: taxonomy, sistematics, morphology, and evolution of Chondrichthyes. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The development of genetic regulatory regions, particularly in the genes expressed during embryo development, seems to be closely related processes resulting in the evolutionary origin of new morphology, since variations in regulatory regions determine changes in patterns of gene expression during the formation specific structures. The proposed research aims to investigate associations be…
The euhyostilic jaw suspension of batoids is effected only by the hyomandibular cartilagessupporting the mandibular elements, without any articulation or connection between theneurocranium and palatoquadrate. However, morphological differences in the feeding apparatus andorobranchial musculature can lead to different prey capture and manipulation modes in batoids. Inaddition, some species…
The family Gymnuridae is represented by marine, demersal and coastal rays. The butterfly-rays occur in three main geographic regions: Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific region, Eastern Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean (including Mediterranean). Although these rays are easily distinguished from other batoids, their representatives are very similar morphologically and, at the same time, exhibit …
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This paper proposes to understand what are the morphological characteristics and evolutionary patterns of pre-caudal musculature within Carcharhinidae and Sphyrnidae (Carcharhiniformes: Elasmobranchii). To do so, dissection of the caudal region of members of these families will be made to observe their pre-caudal musculature; it will be observed, drawn and compared to elucidate the issues…
The development of genetic regulatory regions, particularly in the genes expressed during embryo development, seems to be closely related processes resulting in the evolutionary origin of new morphology, since variations in regulatory regions determine changes in patterns of gene expression during the formation specific structures. The proposed research aims to investigate associations be…
The genus Centroscymnus Barboza du Bocage & Capello, 1864 (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Somniosidae) comprises a group of deepwater benthic sharks, occuring circumglobally in most oceans. This genus contains only two species, Centroscymnus coelolepis and C. owstonii, both reported in the Western Atlantic Ocean; however, they were originally described in Eastern Atlantic and Western Pacif…
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The family Scyliorhinidae is the most diverse family of sharks, comprising roughly 17 genera and 160 species. Belonging to this family, the genus Scyliorhinus presents 16 valid species and is considered a poorly defined group of catsharks, with a varied color pattern that is extensively used in species identification. A long history of taxonomic rearrangements has occurred, contributing t…
Batoidea is a monophyletic group and is the most diverse superorder within Chondrichthyes with about 640 valid species. Endoskeletal copulatory organs in males (claspers) are a synapomorphy of Chondrichthyes. The classification as well as interrelationships within elasmobranchs has been influenced by characteristics found in the copulatory organs. In Rajiformes (skates), for example, the …
Squalidae comprises two genera of sharks, Squalus and Cirrhigaleus, whose species have a complex taxonomy due to the difficulty of morphological distinction, associated to an uncertainty in relation to the application of many nominal species, calling for a taxonomic revision. Therefore, a worldwide taxonomic revision of the family is being developed in order to delimit valid species, reso…
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