Rita Oliveira Afonso (9313-4B8B-9472)

Curriculum Vitae

Rita Oliveira Afonso

Rita Oliveira Afonso. Completed the Licenciatura in Biologia in 2018/07/15 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Attends the Mestrado in Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências since 2019/09/01. Participated in 1 event(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Evolutionary Biology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: population genomics; inbreeding depression; avian biology; caribbean flamingos; genetic pedigree; genetic diversity; Bermuda petrel; inbreeding; genetic bottleneck; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Rita Oliveira Afonso

Citation names

Afonso, Rita O.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9313-4B8B-9472
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6884-2552

Email addresses

rita.o.afonso@cibio.up.pt (Professional)
ritafonsa@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

926786444 (Personal)

Websites

https://www.cibio.up.pt/en/people/details/rita-afonso/ (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-afonso-8020511b3/ (Social media)
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=1CEgB14AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&oi=ao (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/03/01 - 2027/03/01 Ongoing	Doctoral programme in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2022/02/08 Concluded	Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Population genomics of the endangered Bermuda petrel" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2015/09/01 - 2018/07/15 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Major in Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	13

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster

Afonso, Rita; Mónica C. Silva; Pina-Martins, Francisco; Campioni, Letizia; Jeremy Madeiros. "Population genomics and inbreeding inference of Bermuda petrel". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva (ENBE), 2021.
Afonso, Rita. "Estimation of genetic diversity and kinship in a Caribbean flamingo captive flock". Paper presented in OnE Away day of School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, 2019.

Journal article

Arbore, Roberto; Barbosa, Soraia; Brejcha, Jindich; Ogawa, Yohey; Liu, Yu; Nicolaï, Michaël P. J.; Pereira, Paulo; et al. "A molecular mechanism for bright color variation in parrots". Science 386 6721 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp7710.
10.1126/science.adp7710
Afonso, Rita O; Pina-Martins, Francisco; Friesen, Vicki; Sun, Zhengxin; Campioni, Letizia; Madeiros, Jeremy; Silva, Mónica C. "No evidence of inbreeding depression despite a historical severe bottleneck in the endangered Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow)". Journal of Heredity 114 5 (2023): 459-469. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad030.
10.1093/jhered/esad030
DUDAS, RAFAELA T.; DEMETRIO, WILIAN C.; MAIA, LILIANE S.; SÁTIRO, JOSÉ N.O.; SILVA, KARLO A.; NICOLA, VITORIA B.; KILLE, PETER; et al. "Earthworm communities in long-term no-tillage systems and secondary forest fragments in Paraná, Southern Brazil". Zootaxa 5255 1 (2023): 347-361. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.28.
10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.28

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/04/16	Fine scale population genomics of the bottlenose dolphin off Western Iberia (Northeast Atlantic)	34th annual European Cetacean Society (ECS) Conference (O'Grove, Spain)
2021/10	Population genomics and inbreeding inference of Bermuda petrel	cE3c Annual Meeting (Portugal)
2021/09/30	Population genomics and inbreeding inference of Bermuda petrel	Frontiers in E3 - 7th cE3c Annual Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2020 - 2020	Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva (ENBE)