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  1. Geographic isolation, ecological adaptation, and hybridization influenced fast divergence of a Solanaceae plant group from subtropical highland grasslands

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  2. Phylogenomics reveals taxonomic challenges in Calibrachoa (Solanaceae) and sheds light on the origins of cultivated million bells

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  3. Can Cis-Regulatory Elements Explain Differences in Petunia Pollination Syndromes?

    Article • Genes, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  4. Population structure and genetic diversity uncover hidden speciation in an atypical Petunia (Solanaceae) population

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  5. The Genus Petunia (Solanaceae): Evolutionary Synthesis and Taxonomic Review

    Article • Plants, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  6. Molecular and ecological evidence reveal a speciation process in Nicotiana sect. Alatae (Solanaceae) in the southern Brazilian plateau

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, March 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  7. Historical and ongoing hybridisation in Southern South American grassland species

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  8. Incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization underlie tree discordance in Petunia and related genera (Petunieae, Solanaceae)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  9. How many species are there? Lineage diversification and hidden speciation in Solanaceae from highland grasslands in southern South America

    Article • Annals of Botany, August 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  10. Unravelling the genetic diversity and taxonomic ambiguities of endemic Petunia species from subtropical highland grasslands

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  11. The phylogeographic journey of a plant species from lowland to highlands during the Pleistocene

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  12. Shades of white: The Petunia long corolla tube clade evolutionary history

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  13. Integrating morphology, niche modelling, and molecular data to disentangle taxonomic challenges in a species complex of Calibrachoa (Solanaceae)

    Article • Plant Ecology & Diversity, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  14. Genetic architecture of a pollinator shift and its fate in secondary hybrid zones of two Petunia species

    Article • BMC Biology, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  15. Tight genetic linkage of genes causing hybrid necrosis and pollinator isolation between young species

    Article • Nature Plants, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas, Gina Cannarozzi

  16. Past climate changes and geographical barriers: the evolutionary history of a subtropical highland grassland species of Solanaceae, Petunia altiplana

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  17. Evolutionary and structural aspects of Solanaceae RNases T2

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  18. Molecular evolution and structural analyses of proteins involved in metabolic pathways of volatile organic compounds in Petunia hybrida (Solanaceae)

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  19. Disentangling the causes of high polymorphism sharing in sympatric Petunia species from subtropical highland grasslands: insights from nuclear diversity

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  20. Evolution and diversification of the O-methyltransferase (OMT) gene family in Solanaceae

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  21. Phylogenetic Analyses of Some Key Genes Provide Information on Pollinator Attraction in Solanaceae

    Article • Genes, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  22. Single gene mutation in a plant MYB transcription factor causes a major shift in pollinator preference

    Article • Current Biology, December 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  23. A convoluted tale of hybridization between two Petunia species from a transitional zone in South America

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, September 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  24. Neutral and outlier single nucleotide polymorphisms disentangle the evolutionary history of a coastal Solanaceae species

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2022, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  25. Two New Species of Purple Calibrachoa (Solanaceae) from Southern Brazil Grasslands Revealed by Molecular and Morphological Data

    Article • Systematic Botany, March 2022, American Society of Plant Taxonomists

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  26. Transcription Factors Evolve Faster Than Their Structural Gene Targets in the Flavonoid Pigment Pathway

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  27. Nicotiana gandarela (Solanaceae), a new species of ‘tobacco’ highly endangered from the Quadrilátero Ferrífero in Brazil

    Article • PhytoKeys, February 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  28. A perspective on the centre-periphery hypothesis: some examples in Petunia and other Neotropical taxa

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  29. Population genomics indicates micro‐refuges and riverine barriers for a southern South American grassland nightshade

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, December 2021, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  30. Could the reproductive system explain the stability and long-term persistence in a natural hybrid zone of Petunia (Solanaceae)?

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, December 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  31. Landscape and climatic features drive genetic differentiation processes in a South American coastal plant

    Article • BMC Ecology and Evolution, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  32. Changes in floral shape: insights into the evolution of wild Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  33. Genetic diversity in micro-endemic plants from highland grasslands in southern Brazil

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  34. So close, so far: spatial genetic structure and mating system in Petunia exserta, an endemic from a peculiar landscape in the Brazilian Pampa grasslands

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  35. Neutral and adaptive genomic variation in hybrid zones of two ecologically diverged Petunia species (Solanaceae)

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  36. When phylogeography meets niche suitability to unravel the evolutionary history of a shrub from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  37. Morphological characterization of sympatric and allopatric populations of Petunia axillaris and P. exserta (Solanaceae)

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  38. Phylogenetic niche conservatism and plant diversification in South American subtropical grasslands along multiple climatic dimensions

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  39. What could be the fate of secondary contact zones between closely related plant species?

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  40. Phylogeny of the Neotropical tribe Jacarandeae (Bignoniaceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2019, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  41. Biogeographical, ecological, and phylogenetic analyses clarifying the evolutionary history of Calibrachoa in South American grasslands

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  42. Influence of climate changes on the potential distribution of a widespread grassland species in South America

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  43. Genetic diversity in Calibrachoa pygmaea (Solanaceae): A hawkmoth-pollinated nightshade from the Pampas

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, October 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  44. Morphological and genetic perspectives of hybridization in two contact zones of closely related species of Petunia (Solanaceae) in southern Brazil

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, October 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  45. Species boundary and extensive hybridization and introgression in Petunia

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, October 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  46. Morphological and genetic characterization in putative hybrid zones of Petunia axillaris subsp. axillaris and subsp. parodii (Solanaceae)

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  47. How diverse can rare species be on the margins of genera distribution?

    Article • AoB Plants, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  48. Contact zones and their consequences: hybridization between two ecologically isolated wild Petunia species

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  49. Diverse yet endangered: pollen dispersal and mating system reveal inbreeding in a narrow endemic plant

    Article • Plant Ecology & Diversity, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  50. Genetic diversity and population structure of naturally rare Calibrachoa species with small distribution in southern Brazil

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, March 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  51. Pseudogenization and Resurrection of a Speciation Gene

    Article • Current Biology, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  52. Impact of Pleistocene geoclimatic events on the genetic structure in mid-latitude South American plants: insights from the phylogeography of Turnera sidoides complex (Passifloraceae, Turneroideae)

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  53. Do we truly understand pollination syndromes in Petunia as much as we suppose?

    Article • AoB Plants, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  54. Stepwise evolution of floral pigmentation predicted by biochemical pathway structure

    Article • Evolution, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  55. Genetic variability and population structure of Passiflora contracta, a bat-pollinated species from a fragmented rainforest

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  56. Can the reproductive system of a rare and narrowly endemic plant species explain its high genetic diversity?

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, January 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  57. Ecological drivers of plant genetic diversity at the southern edge of geographical distributions: Forestal vines in a temperate region

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  58. Molecular evolution and functional divergence of alcohol dehydrogenases in animals, fungi and plants

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  59. Multiple markers, niche modelling, and bioregions analyses to evaluate the genetic diversity of a plant species complex

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  60. From inland to the coast: Spatial and environmental signatures on the genetic diversity in the colonization of the South Atlantic Coastal Plain

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  61. AFLP markers contribute to species delimitation and evolutionary understanding of the recent genus Petunia (Solanaceae)

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  62. Secondary structure of nrDNA Internal Transcribed Spacers as a useful tool to align highly divergent species in phylogenetic studies

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2017, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  63. Contribution of WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes to identify the phylogenetic relationships among Petunia species

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, December 2016, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  64. Gain and Loss of Floral Scent Production through Changes in Structural Genes during Pollinator-Mediated Speciation

    Article • Current Biology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  65. Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling inEugenia uniflora(Myrtaceae) suggest distinct vegetational responses to climate change between the southern and the northern Atlantic Forest

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  66. Could refuge theory and rivers acting as barriers explain the genetic variability distribution in the Atlantic Forest?

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  67. The evolutionary history of the E2F and DEL genes in Viridiplantae

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  68. Molecular evolution analysis of WUSCHEL-related homeobox transcription factor family reveals functional divergence among clades in the homeobox region

    Article • Development Genes and Evolution, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  69. Multiple introductions and gene flow in subtropical South American populations of the fireweed, Senecio madagascariensis(Asteraceae)

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, March 2016, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  70. Effects of past climate onPassiflora actinia(Passifloraceae) populations and insights into future species management in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  71. High levels of genetic diversity and population structure in an endemic and rare species: implications for conservation

    Article • AoB Plants, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  72. MYB-FL controls gain and loss of floral UV absorbance, a key trait affecting pollinator preference and reproductive isolation

    Article • Nature Genetics, December 2015, Nature

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  73. Environmental drivers of diversity in Subtropical Highland Grasslands

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  74. Phylogenetic relationships of Petunia patagonica (Solanaceae) revealed by molecular and biogeographical evidence

    Article • Phytotaxa, August 2015, Magnolia Press

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  75. Novel Microsatellites forCalibrachoa heterophylla(Solanaceae) Endemic to the South Atlantic Coastal Plain of South America

    Article • Applications in Plant Sciences, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  76. Were sea level changes during the Pleistocene in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain a driver of speciation in Petunia (Solanaceae)?

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  77. The phylogeny and evolutionary history of the Lesion Simulating Disease (LSD) gene family in Viridiplantae

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  78. Efficiency of ITS Sequences for DNA Barcoding in Passiflora (Passifloraceae)

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  79. Pollen dispersal and breeding structure in a hawkmoth-pollinated Pampa grasslands speciesPetunia axillaris(Solanaceae)

    Article • Annals of Botany, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  80. Re-evaluation of the generic status ofAthenaeaandAureliana(Withaniinae, Solanaceae) based on molecular phylogeny and morphology of the calyx

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  81. Genetic differentiation and hybrid identification using microsatellite markers in closely related wild species

    Article • AoB Plants, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  82. Diversification and distinctive structural features of S-RNase alleles in the genus Solanum

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  83. Multilocus phylogeny reconstruction: New insights into the evolutionary history of the genus Petunia

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  84. Genetic diversity and ecological niche modelling of the restrictedRecordia reitzii(Verbenaceae) from southern Brazilian Atlantic forest

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  85. Taxonomy and evolutionary relationships of Passiflora subg. Decaloba supersect. Decaloba sect. Xerogona (Passifloraceae): contributions of palynological, morphological and molecular studies

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, September 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  86. Infraspecific classification reflects genetic differentiation in the widespread Petunia axillaris complex: A comparison among morphological, ecological, and genetic patterns of geographic variation

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  87. Diversification in the South American Pampas: the genetic and morphological variation of the widespreadPetunia axillariscomplex (Solanaceae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 2014, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  88. Nuclear and plastid markers reveal the persistence of genetic identity: A new perspective on the evolutionary history of Petunia exserta

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  89. Molecular insights into the purple-flowered ancestor of garden petunias

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2013, Botanical Society of America

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  90. Phylogeography of thePetunia integrifoliacomplex in southern Brazil

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  91. A Molecular Systematic Analysis of Passiflora ovalis and Passiflora contracta (Passifloraceae)

    Article • Phytotaxa, September 2013, Magnolia Press

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  92. Phylogenetic Position of the Monotypic Genus Verbenoxylum (Verbenaceae) and New Combination Under Recordia

    Article • Systematic Botany, September 2013, American Society of Plant Taxonomists

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  93. Novel Transposable Elements in Solanaceae: Evolutionary Relationships among Tnt1-related Sequences in Wild Petunia Species

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  94. Development of Microsatellites forVerbenoxylum reitzii(Verbenaceae), a Tree Endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Article • Applications in Plant Sciences, August 2013, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  95. MAEWEST Expression in Flower Development of Two Petunia Species

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  96. The Lesion Simulating Disease (LSD) gene family as a variable in soybean response to Phakopsora pachyrhizi infection and dehydration

    Article • Functional & Integrative Genomics, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  97. Geological and climatic changes in quaternary shaped the evolutionary history of Calibrachoa heterophylla, an endemic South-Atlantic species of petunia

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  98. Biogeographical history and diversification ofPetuniaandCalibrachoa(Solanaceae) in the Neotropical Pampas grassland

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  99. Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers for Passiflora contracta

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  100. Microsatellites in Aureliana fasciculata var. fasciculata (Solanaceae), a shrub that inhabits the Atlantic Rainforest

    Article • American Journal of Botany, March 2012, Botanical Society of America

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  101. Phylogeny, biogeography and divergence times in Passiflora (Passifloraceae)

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  102. Editorial

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  103. Isolation, characterization, and cross-amplification of microsatellite markers for the Petunia integrifolia (Solanaceae) complex

    Article • American Journal of Botany, September 2011, Botanical Society of America

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  104. Does Variation in Genome Sizes Reflect Adaptive or Neutral Processes? New Clues from Passiflora

    Article • PLOS One, March 2011, PLOS

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  105. Diversification of plant species in a subtropical region of eastern South American highlands: a phylogeographic perspective on native Petunia (Solanaceae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2010, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  106. The use and limits of ITS data in the analysis of intraspecific variation in Passiflora L. (Passifloraceae)

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, January 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  107. Evaluation of the impact of functional diversification on Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, and Pinaceae alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Modeling, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  108. The Genus Petunia

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  109. Sequence and structural aspects of the functional diversification of plant alcohol dehydrogenases

    Article • Gene, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  110. Phylogenetic Relationships among Species of the Genus Calomys with Emphasis on South American Lowland Taxa

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, June 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  111. Molecular Variability of the 16p13.3 Region in Amerindians and its Anthropological Significance

    Article • Annals of Human Genetics, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  112. Diversity and natural hybridization in a highly endemic species of Petunia (Solanaceae): a molecular and ecological analysis

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2006, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  113. Differential organellar inheritance in Passiflora’s (Passifloraceae) subgenera

    Article • Genetica, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  114. Ecological-evolutionary relationships in Passiflora alata from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Biology, August 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  115. Molecular genetic variation in Passiflora alata (Passifloraceae), an invasive species in southern Brazil

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  116. Molecular Modeling of Pathogenesis-Related Proteins of Family 5

    Article • Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  117. Aluinsertion polymorphisms in Native Americans and related Asian populations

    Article • Annals of Human Biology, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  118. Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Petunia Juss. (Solanaceae)

    Article • Genetica, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  119. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II in Guaraní Indians, Southern Brazil

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, December 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  120. Patterns of molecular evolution in pathogenesis-related proteins

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, December 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  121. LEI0258 microsatellite variability and its relationship to B-F haplotypes in Brazilian (blue-egg Caipira) chickens

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Biology, September 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  122. Is haplogroup X present in extant South American Indians?

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  123. Molecular investigations of pathogenesis-related Bet v 1 homologues in Passiflora (Passifloraceae)

    Article • Genetica, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  124. Phylogeographic Inferences Concerning Evolution of Brazilian Passiflora actinia and P. elegans (Passifloraceae) Based on ITS (nrDNA) Variation

    Article • Annals of Botany, February 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  125. B-FDNA sequence variability in Brazilian (blue-egg Caipira) chickens

    Article • Animal Genetics, August 2004, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  126. Short ReportExtremely limited mitochondrial DNA variability among the Aché Natives of Paraguay

    Article • Annals of Human Biology, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  127. Mitochondrial DNA andAlu insertions in a genetically peculiar population: The Ayoreo Indians of Bolivia and Paraguay

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  128. Evolutionary implications of infra- and interspecific molecular variability of pathogenesis-related proteins

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Biology, August 2003, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  129. A first molecular phylogenetic analysis of Passiflora (Passifloraceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, August 2003, Botanical Society of America

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  130. Characterization of mandarin citrus germplasm from Southern Brazil by morphological and molecular analyses

    Article • Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, July 2003, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  131. Pathogenesis-related proteins in Brazilian wheat genotypes: protein induction and partial gene sequencing

    Article • Ciência Rural, June 2003, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  132. Alu insertions versus blood group plus protein genetic variability in four Amerindian populations

    Article • Annals of Human Biology, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas

  133. Extreme homogeneity among Brazilian wheat genotypes determined by RAPD markers

    Article • Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, November 2000, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Loreta Brandão Freitas