Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia - PPGZOOL/ICB

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O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia (PPGZOOL) do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB) foi consolidado como um convênio entre Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) e Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG).

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Análise da variabilidade genética e estudo populacional de Antilophia bokermanni (Aves: Pipridae) com implicações para sua conservação
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2010) RÊGO, Péricles Sena do; SCHNEIDER, Horacio; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3621033429800270
The Araripe Manakin Antilophia bokermanni (Passeriformes, Pipridae) is the most threatened member of this family, and is classified as “critically endangered”. With an estimated population of only 800 individuals, this species is endemic to a small area (approximately 30 km²) of forest on the slopes of the Araripe Plateau in northeastern Brazil. The urgent need for the implementation of an effective conservation program for the Araripe Manakin has stimulated intensive research into various aspects of its biology. In the present study, we examined sequence variation in segments of the mtDNA and ncDNA in specimens of A. bokermanni and A. galeata. The current analysis provides no evidence for population substructuring nor for a history of population expansion of A. bokermanni. The genetic variability is slightly reduced in comparison with its sister species, but their similarity indicates a relatively recent process of separation, indicated by retention of ancestral polymorphisms (incomplete lineage sorting) all markers. We also did not detect any association between plumage variation and nucleotide variation at MC1R in genus Antilophia. This study represents a contribution of genetics to the Conservation Plan of Araripe Manakin (Antilophia bokermanni).
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Análise filogeografica e populacional do gênero Corythopis sundevall, 1936 (Aves: Rhynchocyclidae)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012) SOUSA, Shirliane de Araújo; ALEIXO, Alexandre Luis Padovan; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3661799396744570; SANTOS, Marcos Pérsio Dantas; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7941154223198901
The genus Corythopis, family Rhynchocyclidae, has several taxa whose limits and validity are still doubtful, generating uncertainty about the actual amount of diagnosable evolutionary units within the group. This genus has two species: Corythopis delalandi, monotypic and distributed in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes, and C. torquatus (endemic to Amazonia), in which three forms are recognized, characterized and distinguished from each other by the pattern of shades of brown on the head: C. t. torquatus Tschudi, 1844; C. t. anthoides (Pucheran, 1855), and C. t. sarayacuensis Chubb, 1918. The objective of this study is to reconstruct the temporal and spatial contexts of the diversification of the genus Corythopis, allowing inferences about the evolutionary history and inter and intraespecific boundaries of the group. We performed phylogeographic (ML and IB) and population genetics analyzes based on a mitochondrial marker (ND2), and estimated a species tree for lineages within Corythopis with two nuclear (MUSK and βf5) and mitochondrial (ND2) markers. According to the results observed, there are five main filogroups of Corythopis endemic to the following regions (neotropical areas of endemism): 1- Xingu, Tapajós e Rondônia (north; east of the Jiparaná); 2- Napo; 3- Guiana; 4- Inambari e Rondônia (south, west of the river Jiparaná) e 5- Mata Atlântica. The results of phylogenetic and population genetics analyzes indicated the existence of two reciprocally monophyletic clades supported by high bootstrap support (>80%) and posterior probabilities (> 0.95), thus agreeing with the current taxonomy of the genus Corythopis, which recognizes an Amazonian (C. torquatus) and an Atlantic Forest / Cerrado biological species. The species tree agrees with the other analyzes showing that there are only two reciprocally monophyletic lineages in Corythopis with high statistical support: C. torquatus (F1, F2, F3 e F4) and C. delalandi (F5), reinforcing their status as independent biological species. The biogeographic pattern of separation between the different filogroups of Corythopis in the Amazon is quite different from that reported to date for different lineages of Amazonian birds, whereby the initial separation events involved populations from the Brazilian and Guianan shields.
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Descrição cariotípica de peixes dos gêneros Baryancistrus, Parancistrus, Peckoltia e Ancistrus (Ancistrinae, Loricariidae) da Bacia Amazônica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2003-06-13) SOUZA, Augusto Cesar Paes de; PIECZARKA, Julio Cesar; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6644368250823351
The subfamily Ancistrinae is one of the most diversified among Loricariidae fish, including approximately 200 species, distributed in 26 genera. These fish are easily recognized by the presence of bony plates arranged in series along the body, and by the antero-ventral position of the mouth. Their common names are acaris, bodós, cascudos and sucker-mouth. Species of the subfamily Ancistrinae comprise an important social-economic resource, constituting one of the most important commercial activities in Altamira-PA. In this study, the karyotype of nine species of fish belonging to four different genera (Baryancystrus, Parancistrus, Peckoltia and Ancistru,$) of the subfamily Ancistrinae were analyzed through conventional (Giemsa, C-band and Ag-NORs) and fluorochrome (Chromomycin A3) techniques. The species of the genus Baryancistrus showed a diploid number 2n= 52, and FN=104. NORs were found in an interstitial position of the short arm of a biarmed chromosome. The species B. aff niveatus had large blocks of constitutive heterochromatin, rich in G-C. This character was considered apomorphic. Hence, the karyotype of this species was considered the most derived among the species of this genus. Genus Parancistrus includes species with a karyotypic structure very similar to the one found in Baryancistrus, and the position of NORs could be considered as a possible apomorphy shared by these two genera. The species of the genus Peckoltia showed a diploid number with 52 chromosomes, and FN=102, with large heterochromatic blocks in ali the species. These blocks comprised almost ali the long arras of some submetacentric and subtelocentric chromosome pairs, which could be considered as a possible apomorphy shared by the species of this group. NORs were found in the long arm of a submetacentric pair in P. vittata, and in the maximum of three chromosomes in Peckoltia spl and Peckoltia sp2. Ancistrus ranunculus showed the most derived karyotype among all the species analyzed in this study. This karyotype had 48 chromosomes and FN=80. Cytogenetic analyses so far suggest that inversions were the most important rearrangement that occurred during the chromosomal diversification of Ancistrinae, except in Ancistrus ranunculus, in which Robertsonian rearrangements were also observed.
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Diversidade de espécies no complexo Monodelphis brevicaudata (Didelphimorphia:Didelphidae), inferida por dados moleculares e morfológicos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2009) PAVAN, Silvia Eliza D´Oliveira; ROSSI, Rogério Vieira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0447251112059340
Short‐tailed opossums of the Monodelphis revicaudata complex inhabit northern South America, and comprise three described species ‐ M. brevicaudata, M. glirina, and M. palliolata ‐ and two undescribed forms already recognized in prior studies. Species delimitation based solely on morphological features is difficult, and because of that many nominal taxa have been associated with this species complex, and several taxonomic arrangements have been proposed. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies using specimens of this species complex revealed substantial genetic divergence rates. The present study aims to elucidate the systematics of the M. brevicaudata species complex through the analyses of molecular and morphological characters. We performed phylogenetic analyses on two mitochondrial genes (cyt b and 16S), studied the external and cranial morphology, and investigated whether observed genetic variation is congruent with morphological differences. Our morphological results were generally concordant with the molecular results. We recognize nine species in the species complex. M. brevicaudata, M. palliolata, and M. glirina are considered valid species; M. touan is re‐established from the synonymy of M. brevicaudata and two new species are described and named; the species M. domestica proved to be closely related to specimens of the M. brevicaudata complex, and thus are considered as part of that group; we also recognized two new species without formallly naming them; M. maraxina is considered a synonym of M. glirina. Sexual dimorphism is observed in the species, and in two species males showed skulls significantly larger than females. Major rivers seem to have played an important role in generating genetic differentiation and phylogeographical structure of the species. The phylogeographical pattern suggests at least two diversification centers for the group, one in the Guiana shield, comprising species ranging north of the Amazon river, and another in the Brazilian shield, comprising M. glirina and M. domestica.
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Estudos cromossômicos em anuros das famílias Hylidae rafinesque, 1815 e Leptodactylidae werner, 1896 (Amphibia: Anura)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2010) SUAREZ, Pablo; PIECZARKA, Julio Cesar; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6644368250823351
Although there exists a large variety of chromosomal complements in Leptodactylidae (2n = 18 to 2n = 26) and Hylidae (2n = 20 to 2n = 32), the high fragmentation of data limits the access to the information about the origins and underlying mechanisms of its diversity. This, probably, had influence on the use of cytogenetic data on the characterization of species status more than been widely included in phylogenetic analyses. This work approaches, through cytogenetic data, some evolutionary aspects of three maior groups of anurans widely distributed in the Neotropical region. The genus Leptodactylus is clustered with Hydrolaetare, Paratelmatobius and Scythrophrys in the family Leptodactylidae. The chromosomal background in the genus indicates variation of the diploid numbers from 2n = 18 to 2n = 26, as well as, variation on the fundamental numbers (number of autosomic arms, FN) and on the position of Nucleolus Organizer Regions (NOR). Results of the analysis of 26 species of Leptodactylus, using several techniques, probably represents the most inclusive cytogenetic analyses on the genus Leptodactylus until now and its results provides appropriate bases to establish consistent relationships of chromosomal evolution on the genus Leptodactylus. Actually the Lophyiohylini tribe cluster 81 species distributed in 10 genera. The cytogenetic information is scarce and restrict to only 12 species. In the present study, are presented, comparatively, cytogenetic data of species from Argenteohyla, Itapotihyla, Phyllodytes, Trachycephalus and Osteocephalus genera. With exception of O. buckleyi (2n = 26; NF = 50) and P. edelmoi (2n = 22; NF = 44), the results indicate that all the others analyzed species coincide with cytogenetic data available, that indicates 2n = 24 (NF = 48) on the majority of karyotyped species, with NOR and secondary constrictions (SC) located on the 11 pair. However, in Phyllodytes edelmoi and Argentohyla siemersi pederseni, these regions are located on pairs 2 and 5, respectively. Heterochromatic blocks were associated to additional SC (fragile sites) in Osteocephalus, but not in Trachycephalus. Cytogenetic data on the Nyctimantis and Tepuihyla genera, techniques with techniques with higher resolution and more inclusive studies are necessary to better comprehend the chromosomal evolution of the tribe. The Dendropsophini tribe actually clusters the Scinax, Pseudis, Scarthyla, Sphaenorhynchus, Xenohyla and Dendropsophus genera. The registered cytogenetic data of all the genera revealed high karyotype diversity with great variation on the diploid numbers (2n = 22 in Scarthyla; 2n = 24 in Scinax and Xenohyla; 2n = 24, 24 +1- 2B e 26 in Sphaenorhynchus; 2n = 24 and 28 in Pseudis; and, 2n = 30 in Dendropsophus). The 2n=24 observed in X. truncata indicates that 2n=30 constitute a synapomorphy of the Dendropsophus genus. The NOR localization on the pair 7 is a characteristic shared by species of Scarthyla, Xenohyla, Pseudis and Sphenorhynchus, with some exceptions in the last two genera (P. caraya and S. carneus). However, the Dendropsophus genus displays an interesting diversity related to the number and its localization. On the other hand, the heterochromatin distribution presented standard variables, particularly on genus Pseudis. Although there is an exceptional chromosome variation in this group, fragmentary information in some genera made difficult to formulate consistent hypotheses about the role of chromosomes in the evolution of the group.
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Variação geográfica em Schizodon dissimilis (Garman, 1890) e diversidade genética e filogeográfica do grupo Schizodon fasciatus sensu lato (Characiformes: Anostomidae)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013) ABREU, João Marcelo da Silva; SCHNEIDER, Horacio; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3621033429800270

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