The expedition is part of the Diversity and Evolution of Gymnotiformes project, coordinated by Naercio Menezes, a professor at the University of São Paulo.
A study by the University of São Paulo and the Brazilian Medical Association also cast light on the poor regional distribution of physicians as well as concentration in a few state capitals.
The study was based on the extraction of the genome of 34 samples up to 10 thousand years old from four different regions on the east coast of Brazil, including the material is Luzio, São Paulo’s oldest skeleton, which is around 13 thousand years old.
USP secured the 85th position—the first time a Brazilian university makes it into the ranking by UK consultancy QS World University.
Some 19 million Brazilians are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or asexual, says a study published by the State University of São Paulo in Nature Scientific Reports.
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