Sandra Afonso

AgroBio — Brazil

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

21h-index3.1kcitations97works3.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(15), Genetic diversity and population structure(14), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research(13), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(11), RNA Research and Splicing(10)

Publications97 total

Data from: Expression of <em>SCARB1</em> in feather follicles is necessary but not sufficient for carotenoid-based feather pigmentation in Gouldian finches
DRYAD·2026Open Access
Not just a matter of space: Integrating ecological niche modeling with genotype-environment associations reveals high maladaptation risks under climate change for a microendemic Malagasy frog
2025Open Access
Physiological plasticity in zebra finch color varieties mitigates DNA damage under oxidative stress
iScience·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Adaptation to Freshwater in Allis Shad Involved a Combination of Genomic and Epigenomic Changes
Journal of Molecular Evolution·2025Open Access
Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long‐lived bird
Journal of Animal Ecology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Multiple mutations in polyketide synthase led to disruption of Psittacofulvin production across diverse parrot species
Communications Biology·2025Open Access
A molecular mechanism for bright color variation in parrots
Science·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
A missense mutation in the tyrosinase gene explains acromelanism in domesticated canaries
Animal Genetics·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Dissecting the invasion history of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) in Portugal using genomic data
BMC Genomics·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Multiple mutations in polyketide synthase led to disruption of Psittacofulvin production across diverse parrot species
2024Open Access
Selection against domestication alleles in introduced rabbit populations
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Evolution and genetic architecture of sex-limited polymorphism in cuckoos
Science Advances·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird
2024Open Access
Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats
Journal of Applied Ecology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Disentangling the contemporary and historical effects of landscape on the population genomic variation of two bird species restricted to the highland forest enclaves of northeastern Brazil
Heredity·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Mutations in SLC45A2 lead to loss of melanin in parrot feathers
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Mutation in SLC45A2 leads to loss of melanin in parrot feathers
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
North African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in deserts
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2023· 38 citedOpen Access
Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Draft genome and multi-tissue transcriptome assemblies of the Neotropical leaf-frog <i>Phyllomedusa bahiana</i>
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Miguel Carneiro(30), Nuno Ferrand(16), Pedro Andrade(16), Pedro M. Araújo(10), Leif Andersson(9), Małgorzata Anna Gazda(9), Cristiana I. Marques(9), Ricardo J. Lopes(8), Carl‐Johan Rubin(7), Paulo Pereira(7), Samuel Boucher(6), Rafael Villafuerte(6), Pedro J. Esteves(6), Joseph C. Corbo(6), José Blanco(6), Joel M. Alves(5), Hervé Garreau(5), Stephen J. Sabatino(5), Matthew B. Toomey(5), Guillaume Queney(4)