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The Occurrence of Suids in the Post-Olduvai to Pre-Jaramillo Pleistocene of Europe and Implications for Late Villafranchian Biochronology and Faunal Dynamics by Iannucci, Alessio

“…It has been proposed that suids were absent from Europe during the post-Olduvai to pre-Jaramillo Early Pleistocene (from less than 1.8 to more than 1.2 Ma) and…”
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On the Authorship, Availability, and Improper Use of Sus scrofa ferus for Referring to Wild Pigs by Iannucci, Alessio

“…The wild boar, Sus scrofa, is one of the most successful large mammals in terms of geographic distribution. Along with its domestic descendant, the pig, they…”
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What Does the “Elephant-Equus” Event Mean Today? Reflections on Mammal Dispersal Events around the Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary and the Flexible Ambiguity of Biochronology by Iannucci, Alessio, Sardella, Raffaele

“…The dispersal of primitive elephantines and monodactyl equids in Eurasia has long been regarded as representative of a substantial turnover in mammal faunas,…”
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A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe by Iurino, Dawid A., Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Moscarella, Alfio, Strani, Flavia, Bona, Fabio, Gaeta, Mario, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Here, we describe a partial cranium of a large canid dated at 406.5 ± 2.4 ka from the Middle Pleistocene of Ponte Galeria (Rome, Italy). The sample represents…”
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Suidae Transition at the Miocene-Pliocene Boundary: a Reassessment of the Taxonomy and Chronology of Propotamochoerus provincialis by Iannucci, Alessio, Cherin, Marco, Sorbelli, Leonardo, Sardella, Raffaele

“…The Miocene-Pliocene (Turolian-Ruscinian) transition represents a fundamental interval in the evolution of Euro-Mediterranean paleocommunities. In fact, the…”
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Reinforcing the idea of an early dispersal of Hippopotamus amphibius in Europe: Restoration and multidisciplinary study of the skull from the Middle Pleistocene of Cava Montanari (Rome, central Italy) by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Mancini, Marco, Tentori, Daniel, Cavasinni, Chiara, Conti, Jacopo, Messina, Mattia Yuri, Sarra, Alex, Sardella, Raffaele

“…A skull of Hippopotamus recovered from the area of Tor di Quinto, within the urban area of Rome (central Italy) is here redescribed. Despite being one of the…”
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The Hungarian fossil record of the Pliocene pig Sus arvernensis (Suidae, Mammalia) by Iannucci, Alessio, Pazonyi, Piroska, Sebe, Krisztina

“…Sus arvernensis is a Pliocene species that occupies a key position in the evolution of suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) in Eurasia, and besides, it is…”
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Conserved sex chromosomes and karyotype evolution in monitor lizards (Varanidae) by Iannucci, Alessio, Altmanová, Marie, Ciofi, Claudio, Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm, Milan, Massimo, Pereira, Jorge Claudio, Pether, James, Rehák, Ivan, Rovatsos, Michail, Stanyon, Roscoe, Velenský, Petr, Ráb, Petr, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Johnson Pokorná, Martina

“…Despite their long history with the basal split dating back to the Eocene, all species of monitor lizards (family Varanidae) studied so far share the same…”
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Stratigraphic reassessment of Grotta Romanelli sheds light on Middle-Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and human settling in the Mediterranean by Pieruccini, Pierluigi, Forti, Luca, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Yu, Tsai-Luen, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Bona, Fabio, Lembo, Giuseppe, Muttillo, Brunella, Sardella, Raffaele, Mazzini, Ilaria

“…During the last century, Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy) has been a reference site for the European Late Pleistocene stratigraphy, due to its…”
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Author Correction: Stratigraphic reassessment of Grotta Romanelli sheds light on Middle-Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and human settling in the Mediterranean by Pieruccini, Pierluigi, Forti, Luca, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Yu, Tsai-Luen, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Bona, Fabio, Lembo, Giuseppe, Muttillo, Brunella, Sardella, Raffaele, Mazzini, Ilaria

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Species-specific gill’s microbiome of eight crab species with different breathing adaptations by Bacci, Giovanni, Meriggi, Niccolò, Cheng, Christine L. Y., Ng, Ka Hei, Iannucci, Alessio, Mengoni, Alessio, Cavalieri, Duccio, Cannicci, Stefano, Fratini, Sara

“…Transitions to physically different environments, such as the water-to-land transition, proved to be the main drivers of relevant evolutionary events…”
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To the Land and Beyond: Crab Microbiomes as a Paradigm for the Evolution of Terrestrialization by Cannicci, Stefano, Fratini, Sara, Meriggi, Niccolò, Bacci, Giovanni, Iannucci, Alessio, Mengoni, Alessio, Cavalieri, Duccio

“…The transition to terrestrial environments by formerly aquatic species has occurred repeatedly in many animal phyla and lead to the vast diversity of extant…”
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Conserved organ-specific microbial assemblages in different populations of a terrestrial crab by Bacci, Giovanni, Fratini, Sara, Meriggi, Niccolò, Cheng, Christine L Y, Ng, Ka Hei, Pindo, Massimo, Iannucci, Alessio, Mengoni, Alessio, Cavalieri, Duccio, Cannicci, Stefano

“…Microorganisms are ubiquitous in the environment and provide genetic and physiological functions to multicellular organisms. Knowledge on the associated…”
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Assessment of rodenticide resistance, eradication units, and pathogen prevalence in black rat populations from a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot (Pontine Archipelago) by Fratini, Sara, Natali, Chiara, Zanet, Stefania, Iannucci, Alessio, Capizzi, Dario, Sinibaldi, Iacopo, Sposimo, Paolo, Ciofi, Claudio

“…Biological invasions are a growing threat to biodiversity. The black rat, one of the worst pest in the world, is responsible for extensive population decline…”
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A REAPPRAISAL OF THE PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS FROM THE KARST INFILLING DEPOSITS OF THE MAGLIE AREA (LECCE, APULIA, SOUTHERN ITALY) by BENIAMINO MECOZZI, LUCA BELLUCCI, FRANCESCA GIUSTINI, ALESSIO IANNUCCI, DAWID ADAM IURINO, ILARIA MAZZINI, FLAVIA STRANI, RAFFAELE SARDELLA

“…The karst fissures known as “ventarole”, located in the Salentine Peninsula (southernmost part of Apulia, Italy), were first studied by Mirigliano in 1941…”
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Ecological factors and parity mode correlate with genome size variation in squamate reptiles by Saha, Anik, Bellucci, Arianna, Fratini, Sara, Cannicci, Stefano, Ciofi, Claudio, Iannucci, Alessio

“…Evidence of correlation between genome size, the nuclear haploid DNA content of a cell, environmental factors and life-history traits have been reported in…”
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DNA barcode library of Portuguese water mites, with the descriptions of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia) by Pesic, Vladimir, Zawal, Andrzej, Ferreira, Sónia, Benitez-Bosco, Laura, Cruz-Oliveira, Ana, Girão, Dinis, Padilha, Adriana, Turaccio, Paolo, Rossini, Samantha, Ballini, Lorenzo, Staffoni, Giorgia, Fratini, Sara, Ciofi, Claudio, Iannucci, Alessio, Ekrem, Torbjørn, Stur, Elisabeth

“…This study presents the first results from the analysis of water mites collected in Portugal as part of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe project. 307 COI DNA…”
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Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamuses from the Italian Peninsula: An Overview by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Arzarello, Marta, Carpentieri, Marco, Moncel, Marie-Hélène, Peretto, Carlo, Sala, Benedetto, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Our work presents an updated overview of the Italian Middle Pleistocene records of hippopotamuses, including the two species Hippopotamus antiquus and…”
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Ecological, physiological and life-history traits correlate with genome sizes in decapod crustaceans by Iannucci, Alessio, Saha, Anik, Cannicci, Stefano, Bellucci, Arianna, Cheng, Christine L. Y., Ng, Ka Hei, Fratini, Sara

“…Crustaceans are characterized by some of the most variable genome sizes among animals. Significant relationships between genome size and specific…”
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Where do Chip and Dale come from? Origins of invasive populations of the Siberian chipmunk in Europe by Nerva, Luca, Iannucci, Alessio, Menchetti, Mattia, Andreoni, Alley, Chitarra, Walter, Martini, Matilde, Mueller, Nadine, Peeters, Theo M. J., Pesenti, Elias, Verbeylen, Goedele, Zozzoli, Rudy, Mori, Emiliano

“…Among invasive squirrels in Europe, the Siberian chipmunk Eutamias sibiricus , native to North-East Asia, shows the highest number of free-ranging populations…”
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