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Jorge Rocha

- Verified email at cibio.up.pt - Cited by 4700

Jorge Rocha

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Color and genomic ancestry in Brazilians

…, RC Amado, JR Lambertucci, J Rocha… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
This work was undertaken to ascertain to what degree the physical appearance of a Brazilian
individual was predictive of genomic African ancestry. Using a panel of 10 population-…

Acetate as a carbon source for hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria

MJ Barbosa, JMS Rocha, J Tramper, RH Wijffels - Journal of biotechnology, 2001 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a clean energy alternative to fossil fuels. Photosynthetic bacteria produce hydrogen
from organic compounds by an anaerobic light-dependent electron transfer process. In …

[PDF][PDF] The phylogeography of Brazilian Y-chromosome lineages

DR Carvalho-Silva, FR Santos, J Rocha… - The American Journal of …, 2001 - cell.com
We examined DNA polymorphisms in the nonrecombining portion of the Y-chromosome to
investigate the contribution of distinct patrilineages to the present-day white Brazilian …

Photobiological hydrogen production: photochemical efficiency and bioreactor design

I Akkerman, M Janssen, J Rocha, RH Wijffels - International journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Biological production of hydrogen can be carried out by photoautotrophic or photoheterotrophic
organisms. Here, the photosystems of both processes are described. The main …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural land systems importance for supporting food security and sustainable development goals: A systematic review

CM Viana, D Freire, P Abrantes, J Rocha… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agriculture provides the largest share of food supplies and ensures a critical number of
ecosystem services (eg, food provisioning). Therefore, agriculture is vital for food security and …

A multidimensional scaling stress evaluation table

K Sturrock, J Rocha - Field methods, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a probability table for the evaluation of stress values generated by
multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedures employing stress formula 1. This table is based on …

Growth aspects of the marine microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana

JMS Rocha, JEC Garcia, MHF Henriques - Biomolecular engineering, 2003 - Elsevier
Nannochloropsis is well appreciated in aquaculture due to its nutritional value and the
ability to produce valuable chemical compounds, such as pigments (zeaxanthin, astaxanthin…) …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling 3D facial shape from DNA

…, H Tang, GS Barsh, DM Absher, DA Puts, J Rocha… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Human facial diversity is substantial, complex, and largely scientifically unexplained. We used
spatially dense quasi-landmarks to measure face shape in population samples with mixed …

The timing of pigmentation lightening in Europeans

…, MD Shriver, EJ Parra, J Rocha - Molecular biology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The inverse correlation between skin pigmentation and latitude observed in human populations
is thought to have been shaped by selective pressures favoring lighter skin to facilitate …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic architecture of skin and eye color in an African-European admixed population

…, A Correia e Silva, MD Shriver, J Rocha… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Variation in human skin and eye color is substantial and especially apparent in admixed
populations, yet the underlying genetic architecture is poorly understood because most genome…