Nachtigall, P.G. & Loboda, T.S. & Pinhal, D. (2023)
Signatures of positive selection in the mitochondrial genome of neotropical freshwater stingrays provide clues about the transition from saltwater to freshwater environment. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, in press
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-022-01977-0

Domingues, R.R. & Bunholi, I.V. & Pinhal, D. & Antunes, A. & Mendonca, F.F. (2021)
From molecule to conservation: DNA-based methods to overcome frontiers in the shark and ray fin trade. Conservation Genetics Resources, 13, 231–247
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-021-01194-8

Pinhal, D. & Domingues, R.R. & Bruels, C.C. & Ferrette, B.L.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. & Shivji, M.S. & Martins, C. (2020)
Restricted connectivity and population genetic fragility in a globally endangered Hammerhead Shark. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 30(4), 501–517
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-020-09607-x

Nachtigall, P.G. & Rodrigues-Filho, L.F.S. & Sodré, D.C.A. & Vallinoto, M. & Pinhal, D. (2017)
A multiplex PCR approach for the molecular identification and conservation of the Critically Endangered daggernose shark. Endangered Species Research, 32, 169–175
DOI: 10.3354/esr00798

Pinhal, D. & Shivji, M.S. & Vallinoto, M. & Chapman, D.D. & Gadig, O.B.F. & Martins, C. (2012)
Cryptic hammerhead shark lineage occurrence in the western South Atlantic revealed by DNA analysis. Marine Biology, 159(4), 829–836
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1858-5

Pinhal, D. & Shivji, M.S. & Nachtigall, P.G. & Chapman, D.D. & Martins, C. (2012)
A Streamlined DNA Tool for Global Identification of Heavily Exploited Coastal Shark Species (Genus Rhizoprionodon). PLoS ONE, 7(4), Article e34797
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034797

Pinhal, D. & Yoshimura, T.S. & Araki, C.S. & Martins, C. (2011)
The 5S rDNA family evolves through concerted and birth-and-death evolution in fish genomes: an example from freshwater stingrays. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, Article 151
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-151

Chapman, D.D. & Pinhal, D. & Shivji, M.S. (2009)
Tracking the fin trade: genetic stock identification in western Atlantic scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini. Endangered Species Research, 9(3), 221–228
DOI: 10.3354/esr00241

Pinhal, D. & Gadig, O.B.F. & Martins, C. (2009)
Genetic identification of the sharks Rhizoprionodon porosus and R. lalandii by PCR-RFLP and nucleotide sequence analyses of 5S rDNA. Conservation Genetics Resources, 1(1), 35–38
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-009-9008-9

Pinhal, D. & Araki, C.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. & Martins, C. (2009)
Molecular organization of 5S rDNA in sharks of the genus Rhizoprionodon: insights into the evolutionary dynamics of 5S rDNA in vertebrate genomes. Genetical Research, 91(1), 61–72
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672308009993

Pinhal, D. & Gadig, O.B.F. & Wasko, A.P. & Oliveira, C. & Ron, E. & Foresti, F. & Martins, C. (2008)
Discrimination of Shark Species by Simple PCR of 5S rDNA Repeats. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 31, 1(suppl), 361–365
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000200033