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Evolutionary Ecology - EE
Local adaptation in Drosophila

Maria Antonieta Paixão Charrua

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I graduated in Social Sciences in 1995 from the Autonomous University of Lisbon and received my first master degree in Environmental Philosophy in 2007 and the second in the Teaching of Philosophy in 2011, both from the University of Lisbon, Faculdade de Letras.

Currently I am a PhD student in Biology (specialty Ethology) at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. I am a member of the “Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (CFCUL)” and an external collaborator of cE3c, within the "Evolutionary Ecology" research group.

I am studying the behaviour of animal play in five non-human primates, living in captivity. Play is an important behavioural category in many vertebrate species, particularly in primates. It is associated with juvenile development, being important to the acquisition of adaptive adult behaviours. Because it is self-rewarding, it can be used as an estimate levels of wellbeing in captivity.

My PhD research is supervised by Dr. Susana A. M. Varela from IGC & cE3c and Prof. Luís Vicente from CFCUL.

My goal is (1) to characterize play behaviour in different species and age classes; to (2) study the implications of play to the wellbeing of animals in captivity; and (3) its consequences to the stability and structure to the social group.

 

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