The Brazilian savannah is the second largest biome of the country, and it displays great
biodiversity. The fruits of the native trees have peculiar characteristics and are recognized …

Mantel tests of matrix correspondence have been widely used in population genetics to
examine microevolutionary processes, such as isolation-by-distance (IBD). We used partial …

Phylogeographic perspectives incorporating multiple classes of characters, especially those
relating to sexual signals, are promising for the elucidation of recent evolutionary …

In the Amazon basin, the distribution of many vertebrate species is delimited by large rivers,
which are frequently considered as biogeographical barriers strongly related to the origin …

Studies about the organization of the genetic variability and population structure in natural
plant populations are used to support conservation and management programs. Among the …

Background and Aims Differences in the chemical and physical traits of plants caused by
both genetic and habitat characteristics may influence attack by herbivores. Leaves of …

Este trabalho teve por objetivo caracterizar e comparar a estrutura genética de sete
populações de cupuaçuzeiro, Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) Schum., uma …

The Brazilian Cerrado (Savannah) is a biome with great biodiversity. Many of the species
found in this biome have unlimited economic potential and are used by the local population …

RESUMO O Brasil possui uma das maiores diversidades florísticas do mundo, com vários
biomas de características diversas. Esses biomas são uma rica fonte de espécies vegetais …

The analysis of geographic patterns in genetic variation has been one of the most important
current tools to understand ecological and evolutionary processes underlying population …