José Melo-ferreira
Researcher
Population Genetics, Hybridization and Speciation
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
"I use population genetics to understand the history of natural populations and relevant evolutionary processes, such as hybridization and local adaptation. I am using genomics tools in these research lines and have a particular interest in applying the generated knowledge on the conservation of biodiversity. "
Research Interest
Conservation of biodiversity
Publications
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Mohammadi S, Afonso S, Adibi MA, Melo-Ferreira J, Campos R (2016) A new and highly divergent mitochondrial lineage in the Small Five-toed Jerboa, Allactaga elater, from Iran (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zoology in the Middle East, 62(3): 206-211.
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Lopes RJ, Johnson JD, Toomey MB, Ferreira MS, Araujo PM, Melo-Ferreira J, Andersson L, Hill GE, Corbo JC, Carneiro M (2016) Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds. Current Biology, 26: 1-8
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Fontanesi L, Di Palma F, Flicek P, Smith AT, Thulin CG, Alves PC, the Lagomorph Genomics Consortium (including Abrantes J, Campos R, Carneiro M, Esteves PJ, Melo-Ferreira J (2016) LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: An International Collaborative Effort for Sequencing the Genomes of an Entire Mammalian Order. Journal of Heredity, , 107(4): 295-308.
