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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor in Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation from the Federal University of Viçosa, Rio Paranaíba Campus (2017). Master's (2020) and Ph.D. (2025) in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology from the Federal University of São Carlos. During the Ph.D., he completed two international research internships at the Universitätsklinikum of Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) and the University of Canberra (Australia). He served as a student representative (2021-2025) for the PPGGEv/UFSCar program. Winner of the Horácio Schneider Award for the best work in Genetics and Animal Breeding by the Brazilian Society of Genetics (2024). His research focuses on the genetic mechanisms of biodiversity evolution, particularly the role of chromosomes and sex in this process. This is accomplished by the use of classical and molecular cytogenetics, next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, phylogenetics, and whole-genome assembly. Contact: francisco.sassi@hotmail.com (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Geographic barriers and genetic mechanisms are mainly responsible for reproductive isolation in several species. Chromosomal rearrangements, especially involving the sexual pair, are determinants to postzygotic isolation. Fishes known as "cascudos" and "acaris" belong to Loricariidae family and presents a huge karyotypic variation, with diploid numbers varying from 36 to 74 chromosomes pe…
Up to now, the student has developed 36 months of the project entitled "Evolutionary relationships and demographic history in species of Loricariidae (Siluriformes), with emphasis on the genus Harttia" (FAPESP 2020/02681-9), and the achieved results were published in the journals Genes (IF=4.096) and Biology (IF=5.079), were the student figures as the first author. Additionally, developed…
The student has developed 24 months of the project entitled "Evolutionary relationships and demographic history in species of Loricariidae (Siluriformes), with emphasis on the genus Harttia" (FAPESP 2020/02681-9), and the achieved results were published in the journals Genes (IF=4.096) and Biology (IF=5.079), were the student figures as the first author. Up to now, conventional (Giemsa an…
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