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  1. Genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea grenadier Macrourus berglax across the North Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, February 2018, Elsevier

    Rita Castilho

  2. Different diversity-dependent declines in speciation rate unbalances species richness in terrestrial slugs

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2017, Nature

    Rita Castilho

  3. Fuzzy species limits in Mediterranean gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): inferences on speciation processes

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, May 2017, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  4. Asymmetrical dispersal and putative isolation-by-distance of an intertidal blenniid across the Atlantic–Mediterranean divide

    Article • PeerJ, April 2017, PeerJ

    Rita Castilho

  5. High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc

    Article • PeerJ, March 2017, PeerJ

    Rita Castilho

  6. Drivers of Cape Verde archipelagic endemism in keyhole limpets

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2017, Nature

    Rita Castilho

  7. Genetic implications of phylogeographical patterns in the conservation of the boreal wetland butterflyColias palaeno(Pieridae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rita Castilho

  8. The European anchovy, a genetically highly diverse species displays null within-sample haplotype diversity on a single study?

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Castilho

  9. Three in One—Multiple Faunal Elements within an Endangered European Butterfly Species

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2015, PLOS

    Rita Castilho

  10. Establishment of a coastal fish in the Azores: recent colonisation or sudden expansion of an ancient relict population?

    Article • Heredity, July 2015, Nature

    Rita Castilho

  11. Habitat suitability modelling of four terrestrial slug species in the Iberian Peninsula (Arionidae:Geomalacusspecies)

    Article • Journal of Molluscan Studies, June 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rita Castilho

  12. Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition

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

    Rita Castilho

  13. Behind the mask: cryptic genetic diversity of Mytilus galloprovincialis along southern European and northern African shores

    Article • Journal of Molluscan Studies, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rita Castilho

  14. Thermal adaptation and clinal mitochondrial DNA variation of European anchovy

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  15. Evolution at a Different Pace: Distinctive Phylogenetic Patterns of Cone Snails from Two Ancient Oceanic Archipelagos

    Article • Systematic Biology, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rita Castilho

  16. Anchovies go north and west without losing diversity: post‐glacial range expansions in a small pelagic fish

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  17. Geomalacus and Letourneuxia (Mollusca, Pulmonata): A Cytogenetic Assessment

    Article • Malacologia, December 2013, Institute of Malacology

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  18. Taxonomic and population genetic re-interpretation of two color morphs of the decollate snail, Rumina decollata (Mollusca, Pulmonata) in southern France

    Article • Genetica, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  19. Are local extinctions and recolonizations continuing at the colder limits of marine fish distributions? Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), a possible candidate

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  20. Ancient Divergence in the Trans-Oceanic Deep-Sea Shark Centroscymnus crepidater

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2012, PLOS

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  21. Unexpected High Genetic Diversity at the Extreme Northern Geographic Limit of Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2012, PLOS

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  22. Population structure and connectivity of the European conger eel (Conger conger) across the north-eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean: integrating molecular and otolith elemental approaches

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  23. Northern refugia and recent expansion in the North Sea: the case of the wrasse Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  24. Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) in Portugal: not all black and yellow

    Article • Genetica, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  25. Erratum to: Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) in Portugal: not all black and yellow

    Article • Genetica, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rita Castilho

  26. Genetic structure of Brachidontes puniceus populations in Cape Verde archipelago shows signature of expansion during the last glacial maximum

    Article • Journal of Molluscan Studies, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rita Castilho

  27. Molecular and functional characterization of a cDNA encoding 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase from Dunaliella salina

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  28. Genetic evidence fails to discriminate between Macroramphosus gracilis Lowe 1839 and Macroramphosus scolopax Linnaeus 1758 in Portuguese waters

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rita Castilho

  29. Phylogeography and demographic history of Atherina presbyter (Pisces: Atherinidae) in the North-eastern Atlantic based on mitochondrial DNA

    Article • Marine Biology, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rita Castilho

  30. EVALUATING SIGNATURES OF GLACIAL REFUGIA FOR NORTH ATLANTIC BENTHIC MARINE TAXA

    Article • Ecology, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  31. Phylogenetic relationships of the North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean forms of Atherina (Pisces, Atherinidae)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, August 2008, Elsevier

    Rita Castilho, Ignacio Doadrio

  32. Comparative phylogeography of northwest African Natrix maura (Serpentes: Colubridae) inferred from mtDNA sequences

    Article • African Zoology, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Castilho

  33. Replaying the tape: recurring biogeographical patterns in Cape Verde Conus after 12 million years

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  34. Pillars of Hercules: is the Atlantic–Mediterranean transition a phylogeographical break?

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2007, Wiley

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  35. Morphological and mitochondrial DNA divergence validates blackmouth, Galeus melastomus, and Atlantic sawtail catsharks, Galeus atlanticus, as separate species

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, June 2007, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  36. Mitochondrial DNA reveals a mosaic pattern of phylogeographical structure in Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, June 2006, Elsevier

    Rita Castilho

  37. Genetic diversity and historical demography of Atlantic bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  38. Impact of mountain chains, sea straits and peripheral populations on genetic and taxonomic structure of a freshwater turtle, Mauremys leprosa (Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae)

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  39. Genetic differentiation between close eastern Mediterranean Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) populations

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, December 2005, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  40. Patterns of Cladogenesis in the Venomous Marine Gastropod Genus Conus from the Cape Verde Islands

    Article • Systematic Biology, August 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rita Castilho, Rita Castilho

  41. Differential population structuring of two closely related fish species, the mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and the chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Molecular Ecology, June 2004, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  42. Congruence between starch gel and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in detecting allozyme variation in pulmonate land slugs

    Article • Electrophoresis, February 2003, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  43. More polymorphic microsatellite markers in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, December 2002, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  44. Population structure of seabass in Portugal: evidence from allozymes

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, November 1998, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  45. Population structure of seabass in Portugal: evidence from allozymes

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, November 1998, Wiley

    Rita Castilho

  46. Age and growth of megrim Lepidorhombus boscii, Risso of the Portuguese continental coast

    Article • Fisheries Research, May 1993, Elsevier

    Rita Castilho