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UNDERSTANDING THE GENETIC ARCHITURE AND EVOLUTION OF HUMAN PIGMENTARY TRAITS: ADMIXTURE MAPPING STUDIES IN CAPE VERDE. Sandra de Sousa Beleza, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €121,000.
Understanding the factors that promote the prevalence of infectious diseases in migratory shorebirds. Luisa Cristina Gouveia Mendes, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €151,000.
Genetic Diversity, Conservation and Phylogenetic History of the African Wild Ass (Equus africanus): A Non-invasive molecular Approach. Albano Gonçalo Beja Pereira, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €121,000.
Extra-pair paternity, sex allocation and sexual selection in Savi´s Warblers. Júlio Manuel Malha Simões Neto, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €24,695.
Predator-prey interactions in the Antarctic Ocean during the International Polar Year (POLAR). Jose Xavier, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €124,000.
Comparative phylogeography and population demography in pelagic seabirds (Procellariiformes): insights from multiple loci in co-distributed species. Mónica Sérvulo Correia Carneiro da Silva, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €102,000.
Diversity and molecular evolution of pathogen populations. Isabel Gordo, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG). €62,840.
Evolutionary diversification: genetic basis and adaptive significance of variation in butterfly wing patterns. PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG). €146,000.
Connect - Connectivity of marine populations assessed with genetic and numerical modelling tools. Henrique José de Barros Brito Queiroga, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €150,000.
The genetic control of sex determination in the Squalius alburnoides hybrid complex: new insights into the effects of hybridisation and genome interaction. Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €137,618.
Development and Application of a Population Genomics Analysis Pipeline (PGAP) to Detect Adaptive Molecular Variation in Natural, Agricultural and Human Populations. Gordon Luikart, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €78,063.
The genetic basis of adaptation to captivity: the Drosophila subobscura model. Margarida Matos, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €162,000.
Molecular evolution of the herpetofauna of the Indian Ocean Islands. David James Harris, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €70,400.
The role of commensal bacteria in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Francisco André de Campos Pereira Dionísio, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €118,158.
Divergence and speciation in Lake Malawi cichlids. Catarina Pinho, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €114,000.
GENESTREAM. Landscape genetics of freshwater fishes: the geographical dimension of genetic diversity. Maria Judite Silva Cardoso Alves, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €142,000.
The evolution of ecologically relevant genes. Jorge Manuel de Sousa Basto Vieira, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP). €147,000.
Mechanisms of the dynamics of insular biodiversity: consequences for the dynamics, the genetic structure and the conservation of the Azorean populations of petrels (Aves, Procellariiformes). Joël Jean-Michel Bried, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €135,000.
Helmiths and lizards: Codaptation, cospeciation and host switching. Miguel Angel Carretero, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €132,000.
Spatial structure of amphibian (meta)populations in Mediterranean farmland: implications for conservation management. Pedro Rui Correia de Oliveira Beja, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €131,000.
On the edge of the Bantu expansions: inferring recent African population history with independently evolving haplotypic systems. Jorge Rocha, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €122,000.
Phenogenetic drift in evolution: insights into the genetic basis of vertebrate developmental genes. Agostinho Antunes, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €148,000.
Evolutionary processes in the origin of “hotspots for biodiversity”: insights from southern Portuguese areas based on novel nuclear multilocus approaches in target freshwater fishes and amphibians. Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €160,000.
Demographic and genetic responses to habitat fragmentation and habitat loss in large forest mammals. Lounès Chikhi, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG). €148,000.
Female promiscuity: testing for genetic benefits and mechanisms of sperm choice. Pedro Lopes Moreira, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €118,000.
Evolutionary ecology of wild populations of Saccharomyces from the bark of Fagaceae. José Paulo Sampaio, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL). €83,480.
Spatial genetic structure and phylogeography of lampreys (Petromyzontidae): definition of conservation and management units. Pedro Miguel Raposo de Almeida, Universidade de Évora (UE). €166,000.
Evaluating the importance of the X-chromosome "large effect" in the initial stages of reproductive isolation between two pairs of divergent lagomorph taxa. Nuno Ferrand, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €102,000.
Genomics, Selection and DNA sequence variation in the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. Wessel van der Loo, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €142,791.
The combined use of biomarker and in situ Chironomus riparius bioassays to monitor environmental hazards of contaminants in Iberian rivers. Amadeu Mortágua Velho da Maia Soares, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €134,000.
Rate and effects of mutations in the protozoa Tetrahymena thermophila. Isabel Gordo, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG). €62,256.
Speciation in Drouetia: evidence of punctuated equilibrium? António Manuel de Frias Martins, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €121,000.
Worldwide biogeography of the astaxanthin-producing yeast Phaffia rhodozyma: Mapping populations and host associations. José Paulo Sampaio, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL). €85,000.
Modelling terrestrial biodiversity in the Cape Verde islands: combining ecogeographical information with molecular markers. David James Harris, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €82,775.
Gene flow across the pillars of Hercules: the role of North Africa in the postglacial recolonization of Europe. David James Harris, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €109,000.
DisrupTox - Edaphic Endocrine Disruption Assessment Tool Box. Mónica João Barros Amorim, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €140,000.