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Filipe Pereira
Name: Filipe Pereira
E-mail: fpereira@ipatimup.pt
Extension: 
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Academic Degree: PhD


Filipe Pereira
Filipe Pereira
Member of
External Researcher of Population Genetics


Short CV
Research experience
2009 - : Post doc. Ipatimup.
2004 - 2008: PhD in Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of Porto
1999 - 2003: BSc in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto

Contact and additional information
fpereirapt@gmail.com
http://www.portugene.com/fpereira.html
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sUfn29YAAAAJ

Highlights
Evolution and organization of mitochondrial DNA
Development of molecular tools for species identification
Origin and spread of domestic goats and sheep

Supervisor of

PI (running)

PI (closed)
The causes and consequences of mitochondrial DNA deletions in animals cells
First Author
 
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1. Pereira F, Duarte-Pereira S, Silva RM, da Costa LT, Pereira-Castro I
Evolution of the NET (NocA, Nlz, Elbow, TLP-1) protein family in metazoans: insights from expression data and phylogenetic analysis. Scientific reports 6: 38383, 2016. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1038/srep38383 PMID: 27929068.
 
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2. Gonçalves J, Marks CA, Obendorf D, Amorim A, Pereira F
Reply to Sarre et al. "Defining specificity in DNA detection of wildlife". Forensic science international. Genetics 16: e1-2, 2015. [Letter] 
 doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.10.024 PMID: 25466969.
 
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3. Damas J, Carneiro J, Amorim A, Pereira F
MitoBreak: the mitochondrial DNA breakpoints database. Nucleic acids research 42: D1261-8, 2014. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt982 PMID: 24170808.
 
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4. Pereira F, Moreira C, Fonseca L, van Asch B, Mota M, Abrantes I, Amorim A
New Insights into the Phylogeny and Worldwide Dispersion of Two Closely Related Nematode Species, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and Bursaphelenchus mucronatus. PloS one 8: e56288, 2013. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056288 PMID: 23409167.
 
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5. Pereira F, Carneiro J, Matthiesen R, van Asch B, Pinto N, Gusmão L, Amorim A
Identification of species by multiplex analysis of variable-length sequences. Nucleic acids research 38: e203, 2010. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq865 PMID: 20923781.
 
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6. Pereira F, Queirós S, Gusmão L, Nijman IJ, Cuppen E, Lenstra JA, Consortium E, Davis SJ, Nejmeddine F, Amorim A
Tracing the history of goat pastoralism: new clues from mitochondrial and Y chromosome DNA in North Africa. Molecular biology and evolution 26: 2765-73, 2009. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1093/molbev/msp200 PMID: 19729424.
 
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7. Pereira F, Soares P, Carneiro J, Pereira L, Richards MB, Samuels DC, Amorim A
Evidence for variable selective pressures at a large secondary structure of the human mitochondrial DNA control region. Molecular biology and evolution 25: 2759-70, 2008. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1093/molbev/msn225 PMID: 18845547.
 
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8. Pereira F, Carneiro J, Soares P, Maciel S, Nejmeddine F, Lenstra JA, Gusmão L, Amorim A
A multiplex primer extension assay for the rapid identification of paternal lineages in domestic goat (Capra hircus): Laying the foundations for a detailed caprine Y chromosome phylogeny. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 49: 663-8, 2008. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.026 PMID: 18809503.
 
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9. Pereira F, Carneiro J, Amorim A
Identification of species with DNA-based technology: current progress and challenges. Recent patents on DNA & gene sequences 2: 187-99, 2008. [] 
 PMID: 19075956.
 
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10. Pereira F, Davis SJ, Pereira L, McEvoy B, Bradley DG, Amorim A
Genetic signatures of a Mediterranean influence in Iberian Peninsula sheep husbandry. Molecular biology and evolution 23: 1420-6, 2006. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1093/molbev/msl007 PMID: 16672283.
 
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11. Pereira F, Pereira L, Van Asch B, Bradley DG, Amorim A
The mtDNA catalogue of all Portuguese autochthonous goat (Capra hircus) breeds: high diversity of female lineages at the western fringe of European distribution. Molecular ecology 14: 2313-8, 2005. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02594.x PMID: 15969716.
 
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Senior Author
 
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1. Moreira F, Arenas M, Videira A, Pereira F
Molecular Evolution of DNA Topoisomerase III Beta (TOP3B) in Metazoa. Journal of molecular evolution 89: 384-395, 2021. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1007/s00239-021-10011-7 PMID: 33999213.
 
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2. Monteiro J, Pratas D, Videira A, Pereira F
Revisiting the Neurospora crassa mitochondrial genome. Letters in applied microbiology 73: 495-505, 2021. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1111/lam.13538 PMID: 34265094.
 
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3. Damas J, Samuels DC, Carneiro J, Amorim A, Pereira F
Mitochondrial DNA rearrangements in health and disease-a comprehensive study. Human mutation 35: 1-14, 2014. [Review] 
 doi: 10.1002/humu.22452 PMID: 24115352.
 
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4. Gonçalves J, Marks CA, Obendorf D, Amorim A, Pereira F
The risks of using "species-specific" PCR assays in wildlife research: The case of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) identification in Tasmania. Forensic science international. Genetics 11C: e9-e11, 2014. [Letter] 
 doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.03.009 PMID: 24742708.
 
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5. Moreira C, van Asch B, Fonseca L, Pereira-Castro I, Silva R, Azevedo L, Mota M, Abrantes I, Amorim A, Pereira F
The mitochondrial genome of the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) lineage introduced in Europe. Mitochondrial DNA 25: 420-1, 2014. [Article] 
 doi: 10.3109/19401736.2013.809438 PMID: 23841612.
 
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6. Damas J, Carneiro J, Gonçalves J, Stewart JB, Samuels DC, Amorim A, Pereira F
Mitochondrial DNA deletions are associated with non-B DNA conformations. Nucleic acids research 40: 7606-21, 2012. [Article] 
 doi: 10.1093/nar/gks500 PMID: 22661583.
 
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