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Sandra Afonso

Research Technician

Publications

33 Publications

Gazda MA, Andrade P, Afonso S, Dilytė J, Archer J, Lopes RJ, Faria R, Carneiro M (2018) Signatures of Selection on Standing Genetic Variation Underlie Athletic and Navigational Performance in Racing Pigeons. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35(5):1176–1189 doi: 10.1093/molbev/msy030 Open publication

Rafati N, Blanco-Aguiar JA, Rubin CJ, Sayyab S, Sabatino SJ, Afonso S, Feng CG, Alves PC, Villafuerte R, Ferrand N, Andersson L, Carneiro M (2018) A genomic map of clinal variation across the European rabbit hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 27(6): 1457-1478. doi: 10.1111/mec.14494 Open publication

Carneiro M, Hu D, Archer J, Feng C, Afonso S, Chen C, Blanco-Aguilar JA, Garreau H, Boucher S, Ferreira PG, Ferrand N, Rubin CJ, Andersson L (2017) Dwarfism and Altered Craniofacial Development in Rabbits Is Caused by a 12.1 kb Deletion at the HMGA2 Locus. Genetics. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.196667 Open publication

Toomey MB, Lopes RJ, Araújo PM, Johnson D, Gazda MA, Afonso S, Mota PG, Koch RE, Hill GE, Corbo JC, Carneiro M (2017) High-density lipoprotein receptor SCARB1 is required for carotenoid coloration in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1700751114 Open publication

Toomey MB, Lopes RJ, Araujo PM, Johnson JD, Gazda MA, Afonso S, Mota PG, Koch RE, Hill GE, Corbo JC, Carneiro M (2017) High-density lipoprotein receptor SCARB1 is required for carotenoid coloration in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(20): 5219-5224. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1700751114 Open publication

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. doi: 10.1080/09397140.2016.1202925 Open publication

Alves JM, Carneiro M, Afonso S, Lopes S, Garreau H, Boucher S, Allain D, Queney G, Esteves PJ, Bolet G, Ferrand N (2015) Levels and patterns of genetic diversity and population structure in domestic rabbits. PLOS ONE, 10(12): e0144687. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144687 Open publication

Carneiro M, Albert FW, Afonso S, Pereira RJ, Burbano H, Campos R, Melo-Ferreira J, Blanco-Aguiar JA, Villafuerte R, Nachman MW, Good JM, Ferrand N (2014) The Genomic Architecture of Population Divergence between Subspecies of the European Rabbit. PLoS genetics, 10(8): e1003519. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003519 Open publication

Carneiro M, Rubin CJ, Di Palma F, Albert FW, Alfoldi J, Barrio AM, Pielberg G, Rafati N, Sayyab S, Turner-Maier J, Younis S, Afonso S, Aken B, Alves JM, Barrell D, Bolet G, Boucher S, Burbano HA, Campos R, Chang JL, Duranthon V, Fontanesi L, Garreau H, Heiman D, Johnson J, Mage RG, Peng Z, Queney G, Rogel-Gaillard C, Ruffier M, Searle S, Villafuerte R, Xiong A, Young S, Forsberg-Nilsson K, Good JM, Lander ES, Ferrand N, Lindblad-Toh K, Andersson L (2014) Rabbit genome analysis reveals a polygenic basis for phenotypic change during domestication. Science (New York, N. Y. ), 345 (6200): 1074-1079. doi: 10.1126/science.1253714 Open publication

Carneiro M, Baird SJE, Afonso S, Ramirez E, Tarroso P, Villafuerte R, Teotónio H, Nachman MW, Ferrand N (2013) Steep clines within a highly permeable genome across a hybrid zone between two subspecies of the European rabbit. Molecular Ecology, 22(9): 2511-2525. doi: 10.1111/mec.12272 Open publication

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