CV Lattes
Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Instituto Butantan (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Master's degree from Institute of Tropical Medicine - USP, Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from São Camilo University, worked as a scientific initiation trainee at Butantan Institute. Has experience in area of mosquito disease vectors studies using molecular biology techniques. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Wolbachia pipientis is an obligate intracellular alfa-proteobacteria, endosymbiont in arthropods and nematodes inherited by the mother through the generations. The presence of these bacteria in the germ tissues changes the reproduction of the host, inducing parthenogenesis, males feminization, males killing, cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) and changes of fitness. Some molecular mechanism…
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