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Fabrício R. Santos is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Fabrício R. Santos has contributed to various publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity

Their recent papers illustrate a range of topics and collaborative efforts. These include:

  • "Genetic admixture in Brazil," 2020, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics
  • "Multilocus phylogeny of Paratelmatobiinae (Anura: Leptodactylidae) reveals strong spatial structure and previously unknown diversity in the Atlantic Forest hotspot," 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "Evolution between forest macrorefugia is linked to discordance between genetic and morphological variation in Neotropical passerines," 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "Taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), Pilosa, Bradypodidae, with revalidation of Bradypus crinitus Gray, 1850," 2022, Journal of Mammalogy
  • "Global phylogeography of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)," 2020, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Fabrício R. Santos frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • José E. Santos-Júnior
  • Rafael Félix de Magalhães
  • Larissa Souza Arantes
  • Camila J. Mazzoni
  • Davidson P. Campos

Best Publications

  • Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Europe Is Clinal and Influenced Primarily by Geography, Rather than by Language

    Zoë H. Rosser;Tatiana Zerjal;Matthew E. Hurles;Maarja Adojaan

  • The Phylogeography of Brazilian Y-Chromosome Lineages

    Denise R. Carvalho-Silva;Fabrício R. Santos;Jorge Rocha;Sérgio D.J. Pena

  • Genetic and population study of a Y-linked tetranucleotide repeat DNA polymorphism with a simple non-isotopic technique.

    Fabricio R. Santos;Sergio D. J. Pena;Jiirg T. Epplen

  • Genetic relationships of Asians and Northern Europeans, revealed by Y-chromosomal DNA analysis.

    T. Zerjal;B. Dashnyam;A. Pandya;Manfred Kayser

  • Swine and Poultry Pathogens: the Complete Genome Sequences of Two Strains of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and a Strain of Mycoplasma synoviae

    Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos;Henrique B. Ferreira;Cristiano V. Bizarro;Sandro L. Bonatto

  • The complete genome sequence of Chromobacterium violaceum reveals remarkable and exploitable bacterial adaptability

    Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos;Darcy F. De Almeida;Mariangela Hungria;Claudia Teixeira Guimarães

  • Early human dispersals within the Americas.

    J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar;Lasse Vinner;Peter De Barros Damgaard;Constanza De La Fuente

  • Neolithic mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans

    Paul Brotherton;Paul Brotherton;Wolfgang Haak;Jennifer Templeton;Guido Brandt

  • The Central Siberian Origin for Native American Y Chromosomes

    Fabrício R. Santos;Fabrício R. Santos;Arpita Pandya;Chris Tyler-Smith;Sérgio D.J. Pena

  • Reliability of DNA-based sex tests.

    Fabrício R. Santos;Arpita Pandya;Chris Tyler-Smith

  • The peopling of America: craniofacial shape variation on a continental scale and its interpretation from an interdisciplinary view.

    Rolando González-José;Maria Cátira Bortolini;Fabrício R. Santos;Sandro L. Bonatto

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins

    Eran Elhaik;Tatiana Tatarinova;Dmitri Chebotarev;Ignazio S. Piras

  • Genetic differentiation in South Amerindians is related to environmental and cultural diversity: evidence from the Y chromosome.

    Eduardo Tarazona-Santos;Eduardo Tarazona-Santos;Denise R. Carvalho-Silva;Davide Pettener;Donata Luiselli

  • Nuclear and mitochondrial phylogeography of the Atlantic forest endemic Xiphorhynchus fuscus (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): Biogeography and systematics implications

    Gustavo S. Cabanne;Fernando M. d’Horta;Eloisa H.R. Sari;Eloisa H.R. Sari;Fabrício R. Santos

  • Phylogeography of Xiphorhynchus fuscus (Passeriformes, Dendrocolaptidae): vicariance and recent demographic expansion in southern Atlantic forest

    Gustavo Sebastián Cabanne;Fabrício R. Santos;Cristina Yumi Miyaki

  • TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THE GENUS SOTALIA: SPECIES LEVEL RANKING FOR “TUCUXI” (SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS) AND “COSTERO” (SOTALIA GUIANENSIS) DOLPHINS

    S. Caballero;F. Trujillo;J. A. Vianna;H. Barrios-Garrido

  • Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins.

    Eran Elhaik;Eran Elhaik;Tatiana Tatarinova;Dmitri Chebotarev;Ignazio S Piras

  • Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: implications for manatee conservation.

    Juliana A. Vianna;Robert K. Bonde;Susana Caballero;Juan Pablo Giraldo

  • European Y-chromosomal lineages in Polynesians: a contrast to the population structure revealed by mtDNA

    Matthew E. Hurles;Catherine Irven;Jayne Nicholson;Paul G. Taylor

  • Recent male-mediated gene flow over a linguistic barrier in Iberia, suggested by analysis of a Y-chromosomal DNA polymorphism.

    Matthew E. Hurles;Reiner Veitia;Eduardo Arroyo;Manuel Armenteros

Frequent Co-Authors

Sérgio D.J. Pena
Sérgio D.J. Pena Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Chris Tyler-Smith
Chris Tyler-Smith Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sandro L. Bonatto
Sandro L. Bonatto Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Francisco M. Salzano
Francisco M. Salzano Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Claudia M.B. Carvalho
Claudia M.B. Carvalho Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute
Mark A. Jobling
Mark A. Jobling University of Leicester
Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos
Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos National Laboratory of Scientific Computing
Alexandre Aleixo
Alexandre Aleixo Instituto Tecnológico Vale
Jaume Bertranpetit
Jaume Bertranpetit Pompeu Fabra University
Matthew E. Hurles
Matthew E. Hurles Wellcome Sanger Institute

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