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FULL PAPERS IN PROCEEDINGS

 

SANTOS MF, AMORIM A, MANCO L, TROVOADA MJ (1996) Plasma protein markers in S.Tomé e Príncipe. In CARRACEDO A, BRINKMANN B, BÄR W (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics 6: 444-445. Springer-Verlag, Berlin

AMORIM A, GUSMÃO L, PRATA MJ (1996) Population and formal genetics of the STRs TPO, TH01 and VWFA31/A in North Portugal. In CARRACEDO A, BRINKMANN B, BÄR W (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics 6: 486-488. Springer-Verlag, Berlin

GUSMÃO L, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (1996) Population and formal genetics of the STR system MBP-locus B- in North Portugal. In CARRACEDO A, BRINKMANN B, BÄR W (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics 6: 542-543. Springer-Verlag, Berlin

PRATA MJ, AMORIM A, GUSMÃO L, TROVOADA MJ (1996) Population genetics of the STRs TPO, TH01 and VWFA31/A in S.Tomé e Príncipe. In CARRACEDO A, BRINKMANN B, BÄR W (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics 6: 604-606. Springer-Verlag, Berlin

PRATA MJ, GUSMÃO L, MOTA P, SILVA D, AMORIM A (1998) Genetic profiling of S.Miguel island (Azores). In OLAISEN B, BRINKMANN B, LINCOLN PJ (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 7: 294-296. Elsevier, Amsterdam

MIRANDA C, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (1998) Population genetics of the F13A1 STR polymorphism in North Portugal and S. Tomé e Príncipe. In OLAISEN B, BRINKMANN B, LINCOLN PJ (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 7: 338-340. Elsevier, Amsterdam

SOUTO L, AMORIM A, VIDE MC (1998) Population and segregation data on the multiplex system (TH01, VWA, FES, F13A1) from central Portugal. In OLAISEN B, BRINKMANN B, LINCOLN PJ (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 7: 363-365. Elsevier, Amsterdam

ALBARRÁN C, GARCÍA O, ALONSO A, DEKA R, MARTÍN P, GUSMÃO L, AMORIM A, SANCHO M (1998) Patterns of haplotype variation at the D1S80 locus and a flanking polymorphism in African and non-African populations. In OLAISEN B, BRINKMANN B, LINCOLN PJ (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 7: 401-403. Elsevier, Amsterdam

SILVA F, AMORIM A, GUSMÃO L (1998) Somatic instability in gastric tumors at STRs used in forensic genetics. In OLAISEN B, BRINKMANN B, LINCOLN PJ (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 7: 424-426. Elsevier, Amsterdam

AMORIM A, ALVES C, GUSMÃO L (2000) Somatic and germinal mutations in STRs. In SENSABAUGH GF, LINCOLN PJ, OLAISEN (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 8: 37-39. Elsevier, Amsterdam

GUSMÃO L, SÁNCHEZ-DIZ P, GONZÁLEZ-NEIRA A, BRIÓN M, LAREU MV, AMORIM A, CARRACEDO A (2000) Homologous STRs in the X and Y chromosomes: a contribution to understanding human sexual chromosomes evolution. In SENSABAUGH GF, LINCOLN PJ, OLAISEN (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 8: 64-66. Elsevier, Amsterdam

BRIÓN M, LAREU MV, PEREIRA L, GONZÁLEZ-NEIRA A, SALAS A, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A, CARRACEDO A (2000) Y chromosome lineages in Iberians: construction of highly informative haplotypes using biallelic markers, STRs and the minisatellite MSY1. In SENSABAUGH GF, LINCOLN PJ, OLAISEN (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 8: 263-265. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, BRION MJ, PRATA MJ, JOBLING MA, CARRACEDO A, AMORIM A (2000) Gradient of Y chromosome haplogroup 21 across the Western Iberia. In SENSABAUGH GF, LINCOLN PJ, OLAISEN (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 8: 281-283. Elsevier, Amsterdam

GUSMÃO L, AMORIM A, MARTINS N, PRATA MJ, GONZALEZ-NEIRA A, LAREU MV, CARRACEDO A (2000) Y chromosome STR haplotypes in Macau (SE China). In SENSABAUGH GF, LINCOLN PJ, OLAISEN (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 8: 324-326. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (2000) Analysis of mitochondrial DNA hypervariable regions I and II in a North Portuguese population. In SENSABAUGH GF, LINCOLN PJ, OLAISEN (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 8: 338-340. Elsevier, Amsterdam

ALVES C, AMORIM A, GUSMÃO L (2000) VWA STR genotyping: inconsistency between Perkin Elmer's Profiler PlusÔ Kit and Promega GeneprintÔ CTTv. In SENSABAUGH GF, LINCOLN PJ, OLAISEN (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 8: 467-469. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, MACAULAY V, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (2003) Differential slave trade to Europe and Brazil from the western and eastern African coasts as registered in the mtDNA pool. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 49-52. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (2003) An evaluation of the proportion of identical Y-STR haplotypes due to recurrent mutation. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 57-60. Elsevier, Amsterdam

ALVES C, GUSMÃO L, PEREIRA L, AMORIM A (2003) Multiplex STR genotyping: comparison study, population data and new sequence information. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 131-135. Elsevier, Amsterdam

GUSMÃO L, GONZALÉZ-NEIRA A, ALVES C, AMORIM A, CARRACEDO A (2003) Y-chromosome short tandem repeat polymorphisms: a comparison between humans and chimpanzees. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 287-290. Elsevier, Amsterdam

GUSMÃO L, ALVES C, BELEZA S, AMORIM A (2003) Y-chromosome STR defined haplotypes in North Portugal. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 349-352. Elsevier, Amsterdam

FERNANDES AT, GUSMÃO L, PEREIRA L, BREHM A, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (2003) Y chromosome haplotypes in the Madeira archipelago population. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 367-368. Elsevier, Amsterdam

BELEZA S, GONZALÉZ-NEIRA A, CARRACEDO A, AMORIM A, GUSMÃO L (2003) Optimisation of Y-STR multiplexing combining established and newly described ones. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 415-418. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, MACAULAY V, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (2003) Phylogeny of the mtDNA haplogroup U6. Analysis of the sequences observed in North Africa and Iberia. In BRINKMANN B, CARRACEDO A (eds) Progress in Forensic Genetics 9: 491-493. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, AMORIM A (2004) How much more should the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database increase to reach a pragmatic saturation level? Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 88-90. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, AMORIM A (2004) Is selection at mtDNA really a major concern? Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 109-111. Elsevier, Amsterdam

ALVES C, AMORIM A, PEREIRA L, GUSMÃO L (2004) African STR data based on a newly developed tetraplex fluorescent system (CD4, F13A01, FES and MBPB) Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 133-135. Elsevier, Amsterdam

AMORIM A, ALVES C, PEREIRA L, GUSMÃO L (2004) Genotyping inconsistencies and null alleles using AmpFLSTR® Identifiler® and Powerplex® 16 kit. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 176-178. Elsevier, Amsterdam

SOUTO L, GUSMÃO L, AMORIM A, FERREIRA E, CÔRTE-REAL F, VIEIRA DN, DA CRUZ E SILVA DF (2004) POP-Gene TIMOR: first forensic DNA marker study of East-Timor people. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 201-203. Elsevier, Amsterdam

GUSMÃO L, SÁNCHEZ-DIZ P, ALVES C, BRIÓN M, BELEZA S, PEREIRA L, BLANCO A, PRATA MJ, CARRACEDO A, AMORIM A (2004) GATA C4 allele 17 as a marker for sub-Saharan origin of Y-chromosome lineages. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 281-283. Elsevier, Amsterdam

BELEZA S, QUINTANS B, SALAS A, AMORIM A, CARRACEDO A, GUSMÃO L (2004) Microgeographic substructure of NW Iberian Y chromosome STR haplotypes. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 296-298. Elsevier, Amsterdam

TROVOADA MJ, PEREIRA L, GUSMAO L, ABADE A, AMORIM A, PRATA MJ (2004) Insights from pattern of mtDNA variation into the genetic history of São Tomé e Príncipe. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 377-379. Elsevier, Amsterdam

BELEZA S, SALAS A, AMORIM A, GUSMÃO L, CARRACEDO A (2004) Microgeographic substructure of Northern Portuguese mitochondrial DNA lineages: the female perspective of this region history. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 386-388. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, RICHARDS M, ALONSO A, ALBARRÁN C, GARCIA O, MACAULAY V, AMORIM A (2004) Subdividing mtDNA haplogroup H based on coding-region polymorphisms––a study in Iberia. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: 416-418. Elsevier, Amsterdam

ALVES C, COELHO M, ROCHA J, AMORIM A (2006) The Amelogenin locus displays a high frequency of X homologue failures in São Tomé island (West Africa). Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 271-273. Elsevier, Amsterdam

ALVES C, GUSMÃO L, MEIRINHOS J, AMORIM A (2006) Making the most of Y-STR haplotypes. The HapYDive. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 201-203. Elsevier, Amsterdam

AMORIM A, ALVES C, GUSMÃO L, PEREIRA L (2006) Extended Northern Portuguese database on 21 autosomal STRs used in genetic identification. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 364-366. Elsevier, Amsterdam

GUSMÃO L, SÁNCHEZ-DIZ P, GOMES I, ALVES C, CARRACEDO A, PRATA MJ, AMORIM A (2006): Genetic analysis of autosomal and Y-specific STRs in the Karimojong population from Uganda. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 213-215. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PRATA MJ, TAVARES L, TROVOADA MJ, GUSMÃO L, BELEZA S, ALVES C, AMORIM A (2006): High-resolution analysis of Y-SNPs in three populations from São Tomé and Príncipe. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 28-30. Elsevier, Amsterdam

GOIOS A, AMORIM A, PEREIRA L. (2006) Mitochondrial DNA pseudogenes in the nuclear genome as possible sources of contamination. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 697-699. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, MORALES AC, GOIOS A, DUARTE R, RODRIGUES C, ENDICOTT P, ALONSO A, MARTIN P, TORRES C, AMORIM A. (2006) The Islamization of Iberian Peninsula: a demographic shift or a cultural change? Search for an answer using extant and ancient DNA from Mértola (Southeast Portugal). Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 828-830. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA L, GOIOS A, AMORIM A. (2006) Sampling efficiency for Amerindian female lineages. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 322-324. Elsevier, Amsterdam

SOARES P, PEREIRA F, BRION M, ALVES C, CARRACEDO A, AMORIM A, GUSMÃO L (2006) Relative Y-STR mutation rates estimated from the variance inside SNP defined lineages. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 82–84. Elsevier, Amsterdam

FRIGI S, YACOUBI B, PEREIRA F, PEREIRA L, CHERNI L, AMORIM A, ELGAAIED AB (2006) MtDNA lineages in two Tunisian Berber communities: comparing diversities between villages and towns. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 121– 123. Elsevier, Amsterdam

PEREIRA F, MEIRINHOS J, AMORIM A, PEREIRA L (2006) Analysis of inter-specific mitochondrial DNA diversity for accurate species identification. Progress in Forensic Genetics 11: 103– 105. Elsevier, Amsterdam

OLIVEIRA E, ALVES S, QUENTAL S, FERREIRA F, NORTON L, COSTA V, AMORIM A, PRATA MJ.
Outcome in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Influence of thiopurine methyltransferase genetic polymorphisms
International Congress Series. Volume 1288 , April 2006, Pages 789-791


ISI indexed ABSTRACTS

AMORIM A, SCHUNTER F, RITTER H, KOMPF J  (1984) Linkage studies on the ALADH polymorphism. Cytogenet Cell Genet 37: 400

ROCHA J, KOMPF J, LUCKENBACH C, KLOOR D, KRCZAL D, AMORIM A, RITTER H (1989) Linkage data on F13B, HF, and PEPC. Cytogenet Cell Genet 51: 1067

AMORIM A, PRATA MJ, VEIGA I, ALMEIDA VM, SANTOS MT, LOUREIRO JL, COUTINHO P, SEQUEIROS J (1991)  Machado-Joseph disease - linkage relationships. Am J Hum Genet  49: S355

DA SILVA BM, LEANDRO C, AMORIM A, MENDONCA D, LOPES J, RAMALHEIRA E, MATOS I, MONTEIRO L, DA SILVA AM (1995) HLA-A B and DR antigens in 21 juvenile myoclonic epilepsy patients and corresponding distribution in a control population of 1,162 subjects from the North of Portugal Epilepsia 36: S10 Suppl. 3

PEIXOTO AL, SANTOS R, SERUCA R, CARVALHO B, AMORIM A, CASTEDO S (1997) Significant linkage disequilibrium between FRAXA locus and two polymorphic markers (FRAXAC1 and DXS548). Cytogenet Cell Genet 77: 266

MUNAR-QUES M, GUSMAO L, SERUCA R, AMORIM A, SEQUEIROS J (1997) Monozygotic twins with familial amyloid neuropathy - TTRMet30 (FAP-1) with onset 12 years apart. Am J Hum Genet 61: A108

SANTOS F, AMORIM A (1998) Absence of association between ADA polymorphic variation at protein and DNA levels. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 102 Suppl. 1

QUELHAS D, VILARINHO L, AMORIM A (1998) C677T polymorphism of MTHFR in Portuguese population. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 106 Suppl. 1

PEIXOTO A, SANTOS R, SERUCA R, AMORIM A, CASTEDO S (1998) Haplotype analysis in fragile X and normal Portuguese populations. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 107 Suppl. 1

SILVA F, GUSMAO L, AMORIM A (1998) Sex-dependent abnormal segregation in TP53 STR polymorphism. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 108 Suppl. 1

PRATA MJ, MIRANDA C, ROCHA J, AMORIM A (1998) Allelic affinities between the F13A common gene products inferred by the analysis of a (AAAG)n STR polymorphism within the 5 ' untranslated region. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 131 Suppl. 1

PEREIRA L, GUSMAO L, PRATA MJ, MOTA P, AMORIM A (1998) Further structural microvariation at the STR system FES revealed by heteroduplex analysis. Populational data from S Tome e Principe and North Portugal. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 134 Suppl. 1

ALVES C, SILVA F, GUSMAO L, AMORIM A (1998) Characterisation of a pentanucleotide repeat in the GSTP1 gene in a normal population and in thyroid and gastric tumours Eur J Hum Genet 6: 158 Suppl. 1

SILVA F, GUSMAO L, ALVES C, CARVALHO F, VEIGA I, SERUCA R, DAVID L, AMORIM A (1998) Somatic instability of STR and VNTR in a series of 29 primary gastric carcinomas. Eur J Hum Genet 6: 159-160 Suppl. 1

MANCO, L; ABADE, A; AMORIM, A; RIBEIRO, ML (1998) Population frequency of two PKLR gene polymorphisms in Portugal. Eur J Hum Genet 6: P3030 Suppl. 1

DA SILVA BM, CARVALHO C, AMORIM A, CASIMIRO S, LOPES J, BETTENCOURT M, RAMALHEIRA J, PINTO R, AZEVADO A, OLIVEIRA JM, MENDONCA D, DA SILVA AM  (1999) Genetic characterisation of JME toward more evidence on distinction between patients subgroups. Epilepsia 40: 216 Suppl. 2

DA SILVA AM, CARVALHO C, AMORIM A, CASIMIRO S, LOPES J, BETTENCOURT M, RAMALHEIRA J, PINTO R, AZEVEDO A, OLIVEIRA JM, MENDONCA D, DA SILVA BM (1999) Genetic characterisation of JME and photosensitive epileptic patients subgroups. Epilepsia 40: 232 Suppl. 7

SEQUEIROS J, PEDROSA JL, COELHO T, GUSMAO L, SERUCA R, AMORIM A, MUNAR-QUES M (1999) Discordant MZ twins in familial amyloid neuropathy (FAP)-TTRMet30. Am J Hum Genet 65: 1941 Suppl. S

MACHADO JC, SOUSA S, CARVALHO R, OLIVEIRA C, AMORIM A, SERUCA R, CALDAS C, CAMEIRO F (2001) Interleukin-1 gene cluster polymorphisms associated with increased risk of intestinal-type gastric carcinoma. Modern Pathology 14 (1): 522

DVORAKOVA L, STOLNAJA L, TIETZEOVA E, AZEVEDO L, VILARINHO L, AMORIM A, HRUBA E, HREBICEK M (2003) Analysis of polymorphic sites within ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene improves mutation analysis in females with OTC deficiency. Am J Hum Genet 73 (5): 2376

GOIOS A, PEREIRA L, NOGUEIRA C, PEREIRA C, VILARINHO L, AMORIM A (2004) MtDNA in myopathies: absence of a preferential haplotypic background for deletions and a search for inversions. Biochimica Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1657: 25-26 Suppl. 1

PEREIRA L, GOIOS A, NOGUEIRA C, PEREIRA C, VILARINHO L, AMORIM A (2004) Directly repeated motifs occur more often than expected in mtDNA. Biochimica Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1657: 89 Suppl. 1

ROCHA J, COELHO M, ALVES C, COIA V, LUISELLI D, USELI A, HAGEMEIJER T, AMORIM A  (2007) Ethnogenesis in the slave trade: the case study of Sao Tome (Gulf of Guinea). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 201-201 Suppl. 44

OLIVEIRA E, QUENTAL S, FERREIRA F, ALVES S, GOMES V, AMORIM A, PRATA MJ (2007) Tolerance to methotrexatetherapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: Importance of genetic polymorphisms in folate metabolic pathway. Haematologica-The Hematology Journal 92: 9-9 0028 Suppl. 1

QUENTAL S, MATOS R, VILARINHO L, MARTINS E), LECO TE, RODRIGUES E, DIOGO L, GARCIA P, EUSEBIO F, GASPAR A, SEQUEIRA S, FURTADO F, LANCA I, AMORIM A, PRATA MJ (2007) Molecular characterization of maple syrup urine disease Portuguese patients   Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 30: 25-25 Suppl. 1,

 
 
 
 
 
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Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto