CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Biologist graduated at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, bachelor degree in 2011 and licensed to teach in Elementary School in 2012. Master's in Zoology at Universidade de São Paulo (2015). Currently is a doctorate student of Post Graduation Program in Zoology of Universidade de São Paulo. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Several lineages of anurans independently evolved the ability to secrete alkaloid-containing defensive chemicals acquired from their diet. Although many ecological and chemical aspects of dietary alkaloids have been studied in the last decades, very little is known about the sequestration mechanism in poison frogs. Metabolism and modification of compounds occur usually in order to cope wi…
Among the diversity of substances used by amphibians for chemical defense, lipophilic alkaloids are not produced by them. These compounds are obtained from their diet, specially mites and ants, and are stored in skin granular glands. One of the characteristics of this chemical defense system is the huge variation in abundance, richness and composition of alkaloids between species, populat…
Several lineages of anurans independently evolved the ability to sequester alkaloids from their diet. To date, there are more than 1400 dietary alkaloids of 24 different classes described for poison frogs, but there is little information about the sequestration mechanism of these compounds from the alkaloid-containing arthropods. Animals that sequester might present means to avoid autoint…
Many organisms use chemical defenses to reduce predation risk. Several lineages of anurans independently evolved the ability to secrete alkaloid-containing defensive chemicals from granular glands in the skin. Variability in alkaloid diversity has been found within almost all alkaloid-containing species and many causes have been suggested to explain the high diversity, including geography…
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