[HTML][HTML] Local adaptation of a dominant coastal tree to freshwater availability and solar radiation suggested by genomic and ecophysiological approaches

MV Cruz, GM Mori, C Signori-Müller, CC da Silva… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Local adaptation is often a product of environmental variations in geographical space and
has implications for biodiversity conservation. We investigated the role of latitudinal …

Hybrid zone of a tree in a Cerrado/Atlantic Forest ecotone as a hotspot of genetic diversity and conservation

AC Muniz, RJG Pimenta, MV Cruz… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Cerrado, the largest Neotropical savanna, and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest form large
ecotonal areas where savanna and forest habitats occupy adjacent patches with closely …

Testing species hypotheses in the mangrove genus Rhizophora from the Western hemisphere and South Pacific islands

GM Mori, AG Madeira, MV Cruz, Y Tsuda… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The determination of species limits is key to biology, with practical implications for conservation
policy makers, lawyers and stakeholders. However, naming species may be a difficult …

Geographical and environmental contributions to genomic divergence in mangrove forests

MF Da Silva, MV Cruz, JDD Vidal Junior… - Biological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Assessing the relative importance of geographical and environmental factors to the spatial
distribution of genetic variation can provide information about the processes that maintain …

Molecular responses to freshwater limitation in the mangrove tree Avicennia germinans (Acanthaceae)

MV Cruz, GM Mori, DH Oh, M Dassanayake… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental variation along the geographical space can shape populations by natural
selection. In the context of global warming and changing precipitation regimes, it is crucial to …

Performance of non‐formalin fixed paraffin embedded samples in hybrid capture and amplicon next‐generation sequencing panels

SI Meireles, MV Cruz, CD de Godoy… - Diagnostic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Genomic profiling using next‐generation sequencing (NGS) is fundamental for
driving prognostic and therapy in cancer. Formalin‐fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue is …

Development and characterization of 27 microsatellite markers for the mangrove fern, Acrostichum aureum (Pteridaceae)

…, Y Tsuda, GM Mori, MV Cruz… - Applications in plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the study: Twenty‐seven nuclear microsatellite markers were developed for the
mangrove fern, Acrostichum aureum (Pteridaceae), to investigate the genetic structure and …

[HTML][HTML] Differential Adaptive Potential and Vulnerability to Climate-Driven Habitat Loss in Brazilian Mangroves

J de Deus Vidal Junior, GM Mori, MV Cruz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Geographic and environmental differences have been identified as factors influencing
Brazilian mangrove trees’ genetic diversity. Geographically, distinct species have convergent …

Differential adaptive potential and vulnerability to climate-driven habitat loss in Brazilian mangroves

J de Deus Vidal, GM Mori, MV Cruz, MF da Silva… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Geographic and environmental differences have been identified as factors influencing
Brazilian mangrove trees’ genetic diversity. Geographically, distinct species have convergent …

Local adaptation insights from genomics and ecophysiology of a neotropical mangrove

MV Cruz, GM Mori, CS Müller, CC da Silva, DH Oh… - Biorxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Integrating genomic and ecological data is instrumental for understanding the mechanisms
of adaptive processes in natural ecosystems. In non-model species, such studies can be …