Laboratório de Evolução e Genética Animal (LEGAL)

Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Departamento de Biologia, ICB, 69077-000 Manaus, AM, Brasil

Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras (UPR-RP), San Juan, PR, 00931, Puerto Rico

Research in our labs relies on molecular data (DNA sequences, microsatellites and AFLPs) to study the architecture of genetic variation in freshwater taxa. Studies are done in an ecological context, and have laboratory and field components. Key research programs include:

Phylogeography and population genetics of Amazonian aquatic vertebrates

Use of molecular data in conservation and management of Amazonian vertebrates

Phylogenetics, biogeography and systematics of cichlid fishes and killifishes

Molecular genetic basis of complex life history traits