Biólogo. Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Mestrado em Filosofia da Ciência. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Doctorado en Biología Molecular, Celular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Chile.
Histología y Embriología (VET0100).
Biología y Diversidad Animal (VET0140).
Morfología de vertebrados.
Biología del desarrollo.
Embriología de aves.
Ornitología.
FONDECYT de iniciación (2018): Developmental rates and the evolution of the skeleton of birds. Investigador Principal.
Anillo PIA: New Data Sources on the Fossil Record and Evolution of Vertebrates. Co – Investigador.
Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa, Brazil. INCT em Estudos Interdisciplinares e Transdisciplinares em Ecologia e Evolução. Co – Investigador.
Bizarre tail weaponry in a transitional ankylosaur from subantarctic Chile
S Soto-Acuña, AO Vargas, J Kaluza, MA Leppe, JF Botelho, et al.
Nature 600 (7888), 259-263.
The evolutionary consequences of epigenesis and neutral change: A conceptual approach at the organismal level
AO Vargas, JF Botelho, J Mpodozis
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution.
Dinosaur ossification centres in embryonic birds uncover developmental evolution of the skull
D Smith-Paredes, D Núñez-León, S Soto-Acuña, J O’Connor, JF Botelho, …
Nature ecology & evolution 2 (12), 1966.
Innervation of the syrinx of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
M Faunes, JF Botelho, JM Wild
Journal of Comparative Neurology 525 (13), 2847-2860.
Greater growth of proximal metatarsals in bird embryos and the evolution of hallux position in the grasping foot
JF Botelho, D Smith‐Paredes, S Soto‐Acuña, D Núñez‐León, V Palma, et al.
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution.
Molecular development of fibular reduction in birds and its evolution from dinosaurs
JF Botelho, D Smith‐Paredes, S Soto‐Acuña, J O’Connor, V Palma, et al.
Evolution 70 (3), 543-554.
Involvement of the avian song system in reproductive behaviour
JM Wild, JF Botelho
Biology letters 11 (12), 20150773.
Altriciality and the evolution of toe orientation in birds
JF Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, AO Vargas
Evolutionary Biology 42 (4), 502-510.
The evolution of developmental modes in the new avian phylogenetic tree
JF Botelho, M Faunes
Evolution & Development 17 (4), 221-223.
On the hodological criterion for homology
M Faunes, J Francisco Botelho, P Ahumada Galleguillos, J Mpodozis
Frontiers in Neuroscience 9, 223.
Skeletal plasticity in response to embryonic muscular activity underlies the development and evolution of the perching digit of birds
J Francisco Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, S Soto-Acuña, J Mpodozis, …
Scientific Reports 5 (1), 1-11.
Efficient Detection of Indian Hedgehog During Endochondral Ossification by Whole-Mount Immunofluorescence
JF Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, VA Palma
Hedgehog Signaling Protocols 1322, 157-166.
New developmental evidence supports a homeotic frameshift of digit identity in the evolution of the bird wing
M Salinas-Saavedra, C Gonzalez-Cabrera, L Ossa-Fuentes, JF Botelho, …
Frontiers in zoology 11 (1), 1-10.
New developmental evidence clarifies the evolution of wrist bones in the dinosaur–bird transition
JF Botelho, L Ossa-Fuentes, S Soto-Acuña, D Smith-Paredes, …
PLoS Biology 12 (9), e1001957.
The developmental origin of zygodactyl feet and its possible loss in the evolution of Passeriformes
JF Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, D Nuñez-Leon, S Soto-Acuna, AO Vargas
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1788), 20140765.
Sonic hedgehog (Shh)/Gli modulates the spatial organization of neuroepithelial cell proliferation in the developing chick optic tectum
M Rapacioli, J Botelho, G Cerda, S Duarte, M Elliot, V Palma, V Flores
BMC neuroscience 13 (1), 1-19.
Teoria dos Sistemas de Desenvolvimento e autopoiese
JF Botelho
Discussão de novos paradigmas: vida, embriologia, evolução, 39-67.
Sobre gêmulas, genes e DNA
JF Botelho
Investigação Filosófica.
Onde está o organismo?: derivas e outras histórias na biologia e imunologia
N Vaz, J Mpodozis, JF Botelho, G Ramos
Editora da UFSC.
Epigênese radical: a perspectiva dos sistemas desenvolvimentais
JF Botelho
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.