Joana L Santos
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Recent Articles
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Lopes E, Santos S, Xavier R, Santos J, Cabezas M, Sequeira F, et al.
PeerJ
. 2025 Jan;
13():e18328.
PMID: 39802188
The rough pen shell Linnaeus, 1758 (family Pinnidae) is a mollusc with an Atlantic-Mediterranean distribution, typically inhabiting coarse sandy substrates. Habitat degradation is considered the primary cause of population decline,...
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Santos J, Nick F, Adhitama N, Fields P, Stillman J, Kato Y, et al.
Curr Biol
. 2024 Aug;
34(18):4160-4169.e7.
PMID: 39168123
Salinization poses an increasing problem worldwide, threatening freshwater organisms and raising questions about their ability to adapt. We explored the mechanisms enabling a planktonic crustacean to tolerate elevated salinity. By...
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Santos J, Ebert D
Oecologia
. 2023 Nov;
203(3-4):453-465.
PMID: 37971560
In seasonal environments, many organisms evolve strategies such as diapause to survive stressful periods. Understanding the link between habitat stability and diapause strategy can help predict a population's survival in...
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Cossu A, Santos J, Galati G, Nikanorova M, Costa P, Mang Y, et al.
Neurol Sci
. 2023 Mar;
44(6):2173-2176.
PMID: 36913149
Purpose: Heterozygous variants in PRRT2 are mostly associated with benign phenotypes, being the major genetic cause of benign familial infantile seizures (BFIS), as well as in paroxysmal disorders. We report...
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Santos J, Ebert D
Biol Lett
. 2022 Feb;
18(2):20210615.
PMID: 35135311
Environmental fluctuations often select for adaptations such as diapause states, allowing species to outlive harsh conditions. The natural sugar trehalose which provides both cryo- and desiccation-protection, has been found in...
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Sikkel P, Pagan J, Santos J, Hendrick G, Nicholson M, Xavier R
Parasitol Res
. 2020 Apr;
119(6):1975-1980.
PMID: 32333110
Gnathiid isopods are marine ectoparasites that feed on the blood of fishes that have been implicated as vectors of blood parasites, with transmission possibly occurring through biting during their parasitic...
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Harris D, Santos J, Borges-Nojosa D, de Castro D
J Parasitol
. 2019 Dec;
105(6):913-917.
PMID: 31815596
Hemosporidians are a monophyletic group of protozoan parasites infecting all terrestrial vertebrate orders. Although is the most studied genus within the Haemosporidia, this research effort is heavily biased toward mammal...
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Xavier R, Mazzei R, Perez-Losada M, Rosado D, Santos J, Verissimo A, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2019 Apr;
10:716.
PMID: 31024495
The broadstripe cleaning goby has two alternative ecotypes: sponge-dwellers, which live in large groups and feed mainly upon nematode parasites; and coral-dwellers, that live in small groups or in solitude...
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Harris D, Halajian A, Santos J, Swanepoel L, Taylor P, Xavier R
Folia Parasitol (Praha)
. 2018 Oct;
65.
PMID: 30348909
Tissue samples from wildlife from South Africa were opportunistically collected and screened for haemoprotozoan parasites using nonspecific PCR primers. Samples of 127 individuals were tested, comprising over 50 different species....
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Damas-Moreira I, Oliveira D, Santos J, Riley J, Harris D, Whiting M
Biol Lett
. 2018 Oct;
14(10).
PMID: 30333265
Species that are able to solve novel problems through social learning from either a conspecific or a heterospecific may gain a significant advantage in new environments. We tested the ability...