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Class of 2003
Name
Cardoso-Moreira, Margarida
Nationality
Portuguese
E-Mail
m.moreira@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de
1st Degree
Biology
University (1st Degree)
University of Porto
About the PhD
Field of Research
Evolutionary genetics
Thesis Title
Evolutionary genetic analysis of copy number variation in Drosophila
Supervisor(s)
Manyuan Long
Co-Supervisor(s)
António Amorim
University
University of Porto
Laboratory
Long lab (Ecology and Evolution), University of Chicago
Date of Thesis Defence
2009-06-04
After the PhD (Current Situation)
Position
Postdoctoral fellow
Project
The evolution of mammalian development
Institution
University of Heidelberg
City
Heidelberg
Country
Germany

Relevant Publications
Cardoso-Moreira M. and Long M. Mutational bias shaping fly copy number variation:
implications for genome evolution. Trends in Genetics. 26:243-247 (2010)
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Cardoso-Moreira M., Emerson J.J., Clark A.G. and Long M. Drosophila duplication hotspots are associated with late-replicating regions of the genome. PLoS Genetics. 7:e1002340 (2011)
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Cardoso-Moreira M. and Long M. The origin and evolution of new genes. Evolutionary genomics: statistical and computational methods. Methods Mol Biol. (2012)
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Cardoso-Moreira M., Arguello J. R. and Clark A.G. Mutation spectrum of Drosophila CNVs revealed by breakpoint sequencing. Genome Biology. 13:R119 (2012)
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Cardoso-Moreira M., Arguello J.R., Gottipati S., Harshman L.G., Grenier J.K. and Clark A.G. Evidence for the fixation of gene duplications by positive selection in Drosophila. Genome research 26:787-798 (2016)
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Emerson, J.J.*, Cardoso-Moreira, M.*, Borevitz, J. and Long M. Natural selection shapes genome-wide patterns of copy number polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 320, 1629-1631 (2008).
* Equally contributing authors
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Publications
Grenier J., Arguello J.R., Cardoso Moreira M. et al. Global diversity lines–a five-continent reference panel of sequenced Drosophila melanogaster strains. G3. 5:593-603 (2015)
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Arguello J.R., Cardoso-Moreira M. et al.Extensive local adaptation within the chemosensory system following Drosophila melanogaster's global expansion. Nature communications 7 (2016)
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Tan S., Cardoso-Moreira M. et al. LTR-mediated retroposition as a mechanism of RNA-based duplication in metazoans. Genome research 26:1663-1675 (2016)
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Early A.M., Arguello J.R., Cardoso-Moreira M. et al. Survey of Global Genetic Diversity Within the Drosophila Immune System. Genetics 205 (1), 353-366 (2017)
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