Ana Rita Gabirro Teixeira do Amaral

Past Publications

All Publications Before 2015

INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEWED PAPERS (IN JOURNALS WITH IMPACT FACTOR)

12) Amaral, A.R., Lovewell, G., Coelho, M.M., Amato, G. & Rosenbaum, H.C. 2014. Hybrid speciation in a marine mammal: The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene). PLoS ONE,  9(1), e83645. (IF=3,234)

11) Amaral, A.R., Coelho, M.M., Marugán-Lóbon, J. & Rohlf, F.J. 2009. Cranial shape differentiation in three closely related delphinid cetacean species: insights into evolutionary history. Zoology, 112(1),  38-47.  (IF=1.562)

10) Amaral, A.R., Sequeira, M., Martínez-Cedeira, J. & Coelho, M.M. 2007. New insights on population genetic structure of Delphinus delphis from the Northeast Atlantic and phylogenetic relationships within the genus inferred from two mitochondrial markers. Marine Biology, 151(5), 1967-1976. (IF=1.953)

9) Amaral, A.R., Sequeira, M., Martínez-Cedeira, J. & Coelho, M.M. 2007. A first approach to the usefulness of COI barcodes in the identification of closely related delphinid cetacean species. Marine and Freshwater Research, 58,  505-510. (IF=1.570)

8) Pomilla, C., Amaral, A.R., Collins, T., Minton, G., Findlay, K., Leslie, M.S., Ponnampalam, L., Baldwin, R. & Rosenbaum, H.C. 2014. The world's most isolated and distinct whale population? Humpback whales of the Arabian Sea. PLoS ONE,  9(12), e114162(IF=3,234)

7) Stockin, K.A., Amaral, A.R., Latimer, J., Lambert, D.M. & Natoli, A. 2014. Population genetic structure and taxonomy of the common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) at its southernmost range limit: New Zealand waters. Marine Mammal Science, 30(1),  44-63. (IF=1,936)

6) Amaral, A.R., Beheregaray, L.B., Bilgmann, K., Freitas, L., Robertson, K.M., Sequeira, M., Stockin, K.A., Coelho, M.M. & Möller, L.M. 2012. Influences of past climatic changes in the phylogeography of a cosmopolitan marine top predator, the common dolphin (genus Delphinus). Molecular Ecology, 21(19), 4854-4871. (IF=6.275)

5) Amaral, A.R., Jackson, J.A., Möller, L.M., Beheregaray, L.B. & Coelho, M.M. 2012. Species Tree of a Rapid Radiation: the Subfamily Delphininae (Cetacea, Mammalia).Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64(1), 243-253. (IF=4.066)

4) Amaral, A.R., Beheregaray, L.B., Bilgmann, K., Boutov, D., Freitas, L., Robertson, K.M., Sequeira, M., Stockin, K.A., Coelho, M.M. & Möller, L.M. 2012. Seascape genetics of a globally distributed, highly mobile marine mammal: the short-beaked common dolphin (genus Delphinus). PloS One, 7(2), e31482.  (IF=3.730)

3) Amaral, A.R., Möller, L.M., Beheregaray, L.B. & Coelho, M.M. 2011. Evolution of 2 reproductive proteins, ZP3 and PKDREJ, in cetaceans. Journal of Heredity, 102(3), 275-282. (IF=2,799)

2) Waap, S., Amaral, A.R., Gomes, B. & Coelho, M.M. 2011. Multi-locus species tree of the chub genus Squalius (Leuciscinae: Cyprinidae) from western Iberia: new insights into its evolutionary history. Genetica, 139(8), 1009-1018. (IF=2.148)

1) Amaral, A.R., Silva, M.C., Möller, L.M., Beheregaray, L.B. & Coelho, M.M. 2010. Anonymous nuclear markers for cetaceans. Conservation Genetics, 11, (3) 1143-1146.  (IF=1.255)

BOOKS CHAPTERS

1) Amaral, A.R. 2012. Uma abordagem molecular para o estudo de espécies e populações de cetáceos. In Brito C. & Carvalho I. (Eds.). Golfinhos e Baleias de Portugal: Passado, Presente e Futuro. Escola do Mar, Lisboa, pp. 125‐134.