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Melissa de Sousa Melo Cavalcante

Universidade do Estado do AmazonasORCID 0000-0002-3231-2004Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Colin J. McCleaniD· 1 shared Daniel Charlton JeffaresiD· 1 shared Hiro GotoiD· 1 shared João Luís Reis-CunhaiD· 1 shared Jorge Augusto de Oliveira GuerraiD· 1 shared L. D. C. ReisiD· 1 shared Luciana MendesiD· 1 shared Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa GuerraiD· 1 shared

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Human settlement drives population divergence of Leishmania guyanensis at the sylvatic-anthropogenic interface

João Luís Reis-Cunha, L. D. C. Reis, Luciana Mendes, Melissa de Sousa Melo Cavalcante, Mathew Johansson, Colin J. McClean, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, Hiro Goto, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Daniel Charlton Jeffares

The paper analyzes Leishmania guyanensis population genomics to show human-driven emergence of a city-proximal population distinct from ancestral sylvatic lineage.

bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology