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Marine Biogeography and

Evolution

Marine biogeography, the study of the geographical distribution of marine organisms, is a core discipline of evolutionary biology since the days of Darwin and Wallace.

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My research is principally curiosity and question-driven, instead of model-driven. I am interested primarily in evolution of populations and species and understanding their evolutionary patterns. Therefore, I am not confined to a particular type of organism, habitat or region. I work primarily on marine fish, but also occasionally on terrestrial both invertebrate and vertebrate animals.

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rita.castil@gmail.com

Center for Marine Sciences, Faro, University of Algarve, Portugal