CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Amanda was an undergraduate student at Federal University of Uberlândia (2008), with Bachelor and License's degree on Biological Sciences, where she developed research on limnology and ecology of the macrofauna associated to Sargassum. She has a PhD in Zoology from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She has developed short term research interships at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, during her PhD and at Massey University, New Zealand, during her post-doc. She is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Animal Biology, Federal University of Viçosa. She has experience with molecular systematics and morphometrics, developing her research on taxonomy, systematics, morphological variability and evolution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Variability in morphology, physiology and life history traits in marine invertebrates is frequently a result of phenotypic plasticity. It may contribute to the adaptation to heterogeneous environments and form the basis for species diversification. Although morphological plasticity in colonial hydrozoans is frequently related to variation in environmental conditions and assumed to be adap…
Intraspecific variation is the basis for evolutionary processes to occur, whether accompanied by genetic differentiation or not. This variation can be adaptive and contribute to lineage diversification above the species level, functioning as an important macroevolutionary mechanism. In the taxonomic level, characterizing the patterns of intra and interspecific variation is not simple, and…
In marine populations, realized dispersal is known to directly affect population connectivity and determine the pattern and level of genetic differentiation. Although many benthic species of hydroids have experienced loss or reduction of their planktonic stage, they appear to be capable of long-distance dispersal via rafting due to their occurrence over wide geographic ranges. In addition…
Many taxonomic studies using molecular and morphological data are reassessing species boundaries of groups with wide morphological variation. The overlapping of putative specific diagnostic characters leads to taxonomic confusion, and the relevance of morphological characters used to delimitate species is frequently misinterpreted. The family Campanulariidae is known for its wide morpholo…
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