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Raquel Godinho

Raquel Godinho

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
4622
World Ranking
6472
National Ranking
53

Overview

Raquel Godinho is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal. Their research primarily lies at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including genetics, ecology, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics covered by their research include wildlife ecology and conservation, genetic diversity and population structure, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, human-animal interaction studies, identification and quantification in food, molecular biology techniques and applications, and zoonotic diseases and public health.

Their recent publications reflect this multidisciplinary approach. Selected papers authored or coauthored by Raquel Godinho include:

  • Life in Deserts: The Genetic Basis of Mammalian Desert Adaptation (2021), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • A metabarcoding tool to detect predation of the honeybee Apis mellifera and other wild insects by the invasive Vespa velutina (2021), published in Journal of Pest Science
  • Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia (2021), published in Journal of Zoology
  • Reliable wolf-dog hybrid detection in Europe using a reduced SNP panel developed for non-invasively collected samples (2021), published in BMC Genomics
  • North African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in deserts (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Raquel Godinho frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most frequent coauthors are:

  • Diana Lobo
  • Carsten Nowak
  • José Carlos Brito
  • Francisco Álvares
  • John Archer

Their research outputs are often published in journals and venues such as Biological Conservation, Molecular Ecology, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Research Square. Each of these venues reflects key areas related to conservation biology, molecular ecology, and evolutionary studies.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species

    Klaus Peter Koepfli;Klaus Peter Koepfli;John Pollinger;Raquel Godinho;Raquel Godinho;Jacqueline Robinson

  • Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara‐Sahel

    José C. Brito;Raquel Godinho;Fernando Martínez-Freiría;Juan M. Pleguezuelos

  • Worldwide patterns of genomic variation and admixture in gray wolves.

    Zhenxin Fan;Zhenxin Fan;Pedro Silva;Ilan Gronau;Shuoguo Wang

  • Wolf population genetics in Europe: a systematic review, meta-analysis and suggestions for conservation and management

    Maris Hindrikson;Jaanus Remm;Malgorzata Pilot;Raquel Godinho

  • Genetic evidence for multiple events of hybridization between wolves and domestic dogs in the Iberian Peninsula

    Raquel Godinho;Luis Llaneza;Juan C. Blanco;Susana Lopes

  • Molecular analysis of hybridisation between wild and domestic cats (Felis silvestris) in Portugal: implications for conservation

    Rita Oliveira;Raquel Godinho;Ettore Randi;Nuno Ferrand

  • Hybridization versus conservation: are domestic cats threatening the genetic integrity of wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) in Iberian Peninsula?

    Rita Oliveira;Raquel Godinho;Ettore Randi;Paulo C Alves

  • The limits of mtDNA phylogeography: complex patterns of population history in a highly structured Iberian lizard are only revealed by the use of nuclear markers.

    R. Godinho;E.G. Crespo;N. Ferrand

  • Phylogeny and evolution of the green lizards, Lacerta spp. (Squamata: Lacertidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

    Raquel Godinho;Eduardo G. Crespo;Nuno Ferrand;D. James Harris

  • Feeding ecological knowledge: the underutilised power of faecal DNA approaches for carnivore diet analysis

    Pedro S. Monterroso;Raquel Godinho;Teresa Oliveira;Pablo Ferreras

  • Toward reliable population estimates of wolves by combining spatial capture-recapture models and non-invasive DNA monitoring

    José V. López-Bao;Raquel Godinho;C. Pacheco;F. J. Lema

  • Life in Deserts: The Genetic Basis of Mammalian Desert Adaptation.

    Joana L. Rocha;Raquel Godinho;José C. Brito;Rasmus Nielsen;Rasmus Nielsen

  • Factors affecting the (in)accuracy of mammalian mesocarnivore scat identification in South-western Europe

    Pedro S. Monterroso;Pedro S. Monterroso;Diana Castro;Teresa Luísa Silva;Pablo Ferreras

  • Unravelling the scientific debate on how to address wolf-dog hybridization in Europe

    Valerio Donfrancesco;Paolo Ciucci;Valeria Salvatori;David Benson

  • Extensive intraspecific polymorphism detected by SSCP at the nuclear C-mos gene in the endemic Iberian lizard Lacerta schreiberi.

    Raquel Godinho;Vera dos Santos Domingues;Eduardo G. Crespo;Nuno Ferrand

  • Toothless wildlife protection laws

    José Vicente López-Bao;José Vicente López-Bao;Juan Carlos Blanco;Alejandro Rodríguez;Raquel Godinho

  • Real-time assessment of hybridization between wolves and dogs: combining noninvasive samples with ancestry informative markers.

    Raquel Godinho;José Vicente López-Bao;José Vicente López-Bao;Diana Castro;Luís Llaneza

  • Argali Abundance in the Afghan Pamir Using Capture–Recapture Modeling From Fecal DNA

    Richard B. Harris;John Winnie;Stephen J. Amish;Albano Beja-Pereira

  • Viral gut metagenomics of sympatric wild and domestic canids, and monitoring of viruses: Insights from an endangered wolf population

    Nádia Conceição-Neto;Raquel Godinho;Francisco Álvares;Claude K. Yinda

  • Conservation Biogeography of the Sahara-Sahel: additional protected areas are needed to secure unique biodiversity

    José C. Brito;Pedro Tarroso;Cândida G. Vale;Fernando Martínez-Freiría

  • Hybridization at an ecotone: ecological and genetic barriers between three Iberian vipers.

    Pedro Tarroso;Ricardo J. Pereira;Fernando Martínez-Freiría;Raquel Godinho

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Ferrand
Nuno Ferrand University of Porto
José Carlos Brito
José Carlos Brito University of Porto
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
José Vicente López-Bao
José Vicente López-Bao Spanish National Research Council
Ettore Randi
Ettore Randi Aalborg University
Hugo Rebelo
Hugo Rebelo University of Lisbon
Pedro Beja
Pedro Beja University of Porto
Gordon Luikart
Gordon Luikart University of Montana
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Carsten Nowak
Carsten Nowak Senckenberg Nature Research Society

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