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Análise das concepções referentes à evolução biológica e humana de alunos do ensino médio da região metropolitana do Recife, e o uso de materiais didáticos para facilitar o aprendizado
(2019-12-12) Silva, Felipe Henrique do Nascimento; Montes, Martín Alejandro; Garcia, Ana Cristina Lauer; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0563243377799793; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0349635170206363; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4240484313746239
Evolution is one of the most controversial areas of biology, especially Human Evolution, where outside the academic environment the subject is still very reluctant, mainly due to social and religious factors. Added to this aspect, the literature points out that the lack of information among the general population on this subject is quite remarkable. In order to deconstruct the myths surrounding evolution, the aim of this paper was to verify the prior knowledge of high school students about Biological Evolution as well as to spread the current concepts on this subject, especially Human Evolution. To assess the prior knowledge of students, a questionnaire containing closed-ended questions to high school students was used. Subsequently, through exhibitions, the real concepts of biological evolution are presented, using posters; slides; human skull and playful learning resources. This act is very pertinent, because the evaluation of the questionnaires showed that a large percentage of students still have misconceptions about the evolution. Putting the human being as the most evolved species, and consequently imagining that evolution is directed, seeking a perfect species. At this point the use of teaching resources helped to improve understanding of biological evolution.
Composição das assembleias de drosofilídeos (Insecta, Diptera) em um fragmento preservado de Floresta Atlântica comparado com um ambiente degradado nas suas imediações
(2021-08-06) Santos, Vinícius Alcântara Carvalho Lima; Montes, Martín Alejandro; Garcia, Ana Cristina Lauer; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0563243377799793; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0349635170206363; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7512572540450427
Invasive species are among the biggest causes of biodiversity loss on the planet. Biological invasions continue to grow throughout the world, including in the Drosophilidae family. The present study aimed to observe the diversity of Drosophilidae assemblages from a protected area, the Dois Irmãos State Park and an outside area near it, the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Federal Rural University of Pernambuco) and their sazonal patterns. There were four collecting expeditions in each area, two in the dry season, two in the rainy season, using five banana bait traps to attract the drosophilids. A total of 25,108 drosophilids of 4 genera and 21 taxa were collected. The sites presented a composition of similar richness and abundance, with a great predominance of exotic species, which represented 91.4% of the total, and only one species, Drosophila malerkotliana, was the most abundant and represented 70.4% of the abundance alone. It was noticed that this species also dominated the composition of the protected area, that was not the case in a previous study in the same place, in which native species of the willistoni subgroup dominated the assemblage. It is still too early to say what may have caused the results shown here, and further studies are necessary to observe whether the trend of the dominance of the assemble by exotic species will stay in future samplings.
Genética geral para universitários
(EDUFRPE, 2015) Souza, Paulo Roberto Eleutério de; Silva, Hildson Dornelas Angelo da; Leite, Fernanda Cristina Bezerra; Maia, Maria de Mascena Diniz; Garcia, Ana Cristina Lauer; Montes, Martín Alejandro
Desde ano de 2008, vimos programando editar um livro de genética geral, para ser usado pelos alunos dos cursos de Agronomia, Engenharia Florestal, Veterinária, Zootecnia, Biologia (Licenciatura e Bacharelado) da UFRPE. A intenção foi descrever os temas do conteúdo da disciplina Genética Geral, em uma linguagem simples, lógica e sintética com o objetivo de facilitar o aluno na compreensão dos conceitos básicos de cada assunto abordado pertinente ao processo de aprendizagem da genética. Essa ideia nasceu da experiência como professores de genética sempre ouvindo dos alunos que essa disciplina é “muito difícil”, os “livros trazem uma linguagem complexa” os “assuntos envolvem matemática” os “capítulos são longos” entre outras dificuldades. Assim, em 2011, resolvemos elaborar um livro para ser publicado pela Editora da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Desejamos, portanto, que os nossos alunos em contato com os assuntos que escrevemos sejam estimulados a aprender genética de uma forma pessoal relacionando os conteúdos a algo que eles já conhecem e se deparam no dia-a-dia associando os fatos do passado com o presente de modo a tornar os temas mais interessantes no que se refere à beleza sobre o panorama da vida.
Padrões sazonais de drosofilídeos (Insecta, Diptera) nativos e exóticos da Caatinga
(2021-10-06) Morais, Lucas Domingos de Oliveira; Montes, Martín Alejandro; Garcia, Ana Cristina Lauer; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0563243377799793; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0349635170206363; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5192624756956968
Despite its large extension and number of endemic species, the Caatinga is still a neglected biome in terms of the production of scientific knowledge. Until then, only a few studies were concerned with analyzing the seasonal distribution of native and exotic invasive species in the northeast region of Brazil, especially in the Caatinga. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of seasonality on the abundance of native and exotic Caatinga drosophilids. A literature review was carried out, consulting the SciELO, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar and PubMed databases. Using the search terms "Caatinga", "Drosophilidae", "Seasonality", "Seasonality", "Exotic species", "Drosophila", "Rain", "Dry", "Rainfall", "Dry", "Neotropical" and “Invasive species”, we selected five studies carried out between 2010 and 2017 that investigated the seasonality of drosophilids in the Caatinga. The results of these studies were analyzed, and the chi-squared test of adherence was performed to assess the differences between the abundances. Three exotic species and six native species were analyzed, totaling 21,428 individuals. Both native and exotic species showed preference for rain, noting that 84.5% of the total individuals were sampled in this period. The most abundant species was Drosophila willistoni, which corresponded to 36.4% of the total number of individuals collected in both periods. All species were more abundant in the rainy season individually, with the exception of the native Drosophila cardini. The seasonal patterns observed are similar to those of other groups of organisms in Caatinga, such as birds and amphibians, which also have a preference for rain. The seasonality of native species of drosophilids follows patterns observed in other biomes in Brazil and the world, where the preference is for rain. The seasonality of exotic species differs from that observed in some places, probably due to the low number of samplings carried out with exotic species. The results obtained reinforce the need to further investigate the seasonality of exotic drosophilids in the Caatinga, in order to obtain more reliable results about the biology of these species and prevent future biological invasions in the biome.