Search Results - "VERNESI, Cristiano"

Mock community experiments can inform on the reliability of eDNA metabarcoding data: a case study on marine phytoplankton by Marinchel, Nadia, Marchesini, Alexis, Nardi, Davide, Girardi, Matteo, Casabianca, Silvia, Vernesi, Cristiano, Penna, Antonella

“…Environmental DNA metabarcoding is increasingly implemented in biodiversity monitoring, including phytoplankton studies. Using 21 mock communities composed of…”
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Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible by Hoban, Sean, Bruford, Michael W, Funk, W Chris, Galbusera, Peter, Griffith, M Patrick, Grueber, Catherine E, Heuertz, Myriam, Hunter, Margaret E, Hvilsom, Christina, Stroil, Belma Kalamujic, Kershaw, Francine, Khoury, Colin K, Laikre, Linda, Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida, MacDonald, Anna J, Mergeay, Joachim, Meek, Mariah, Mittan, Cinnamon, Mukassabi, Tarek A, O'Brien, David, Ogden, Rob, PALMA-SILVA, Clarisse, Ramakrishnan, Uma, Segelbacher, Gernot, Shaw, Robyn E, Sjögren-Gulve, Per, Veličković, Nevena, Vernesi, Cristiano

“…Abstract Global conservation policy and action have largely neglected protecting and monitoring genetic diversity—one of the three main pillars of…”
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Deciphering the drivers of negative species–genetic diversity correlation in Alpine amphibians by Marchesini, Alexis, Vernesi, Cristiano, Battisti, Andrea, Ficetola, Gentile Francesco

“…The evolutionary and ecological importance of neutral and adaptive genetic diversity is widely recognized. Nevertheless, genetic diversity is rarely assessed…”
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First genome-wide data from Italian European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.): Strong and ancient differentiation between Alps and Apennines by Marchesini, Alexis, Silverj, Andrea, Torre, Sara, Rota-Stabelli, Omar, Girardi, Matteo, Passeri, Iacopo, Fracasso, Ilaria, Sebastiani, Federico, Vernesi, Cristiano

“…The European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is one of the most widespread forest trees in Europe whose distribution and intraspecific diversity has been largely…”
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Survival and divergence in a small group: The extraordinary genomic history of the endangered Apennine brown bear stragglers by Benazzo, Andrea, Trucchi, Emiliano, Cahill, James A., Delser, Pierpaolo Maisano, Mona, Stefano, Fumagalli, Matteo, Bunnefeld, Lynsey, Cornetti, Luca, Ghirotto, Silvia, Girardi, Matteo, Ometto, Lino, Panziera, Alex, Rota-Stabelli, Omar, Zanetti, Enrico, Karamanlidis, Alexandros, Groff, Claudio, Paule, Ladislav, Gentile, Leonardo, Vilà, Carles, Vicario, Saverio, Boitani, Luigi, Orlando, Ludovic, Fuselli, Silvia, Vernesi, Cristiano, Shapiro, Beth, Ciucci, Paolo, Bertorelle, Giorgio

“…About 100 km east of Rome, in the central Apennine Mountains, a critically endangered population of ∼50 brown bears live in complete isolation. Mating outside…”
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Impact of forest disturbance on microarthropod communities depends on underlying ecological gradients and species traits by Nardi, Davide, Fontaneto, Diego, Girardi, Matteo, Chini, Isaac, Bertoldi, Daniela, Larcher, Roberto, Vernesi, Cristiano

“…Windstorms and salvage logging lead to huge soil disturbance in alpine spruce forests, potentially affecting soil-living arthropods. However, the impacts of…”
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Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA survey of Zootoca vivipara across the eastern Italian Alps: evolutionary relationships, historical demography and conservation implications by Cornetti, Luca, Menegon, Michele, Giovine, Giovanni, Heulin, Benoit, Vernesi, Cristiano

“…The European common lizard Zootoca vivipara exhibits reproductive bimodality, with populations being either viviparous or oviparous. In the central-eastern…”
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phylogeographical study of the toxic benthic dinoflagellate genus Ostreopsis Schmidt by Penna, Antonella, Fraga, Santiago, Battocchi, Cecilia, Casabianca, Silvia, Giacobbe, Maria Grazia, Riobó, Pilar, Vernesi, Cristiano

“…Ostreopsis is a benthic and epiphytic dinoflagellate producing potent toxins widespread in tropical and warm temperate coastal areas world-wide. We tested the…”
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Structural variability of protist assemblages in surface sediments across Italian Mediterranean marine subregions by Marinchel, Nadia, Casabianca, Silvia, Marchesini, Alexis, Vernesi, Cristiano, Scardi, Michele, Penna, Antonella

“…Marine sediments host heterogeneous protist communities consisting of both living benthic microorganisms and planktonic resting stages. Despite their key…”
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Climate and human impacts inferred from a 1500-year multi-proxy record of an alpine peatland in the South-Eastern Alps by Fracasso, Ilaria, Dinella, Anna, Giammarchi, Francesco, Marinchel, Nadia, Kołaczek, Piotr, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Marcisz, Katarzyna, Łokas, Edyta, Miecznik, Magdalena, Bragazza, Luca, Girardi, Matteo, Ventura, Maurizio, Borruso, Luigimaria, Tonon, Giustino, Vernesi, Cristiano

“…[Display omitted] •All proxies showed a shift towards drier environmental conditions starting from 920 cal. CE.•Human activities and climate change left clear…”
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Genetic and spatial characterization of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) population in the area stretching between the Eastern and Dinaric Alps and its relationship with rabies and canine distemper dynamics by Zecchin, Bianca, De Nardi, Marco, Nouvellet, Pierre, Vernesi, Cristiano, Babbucci, Massimiliano, Crestanello, Barbara, Bagó, Zoltán, Bedeković, Tomislav, Hostnik, Peter, Milani, Adelaide, Donnelly, Christl Ann, Bargelloni, Luca, Lorenzetto, Monica, Citterio, Carlo, Obber, Federica, De Benedictis, Paola, Cattoli, Giovanni

“…Information on the population dynamics of a reservoir species have been increasingly adopted to understand and eventually predict the dispersal patterns of…”
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Fine-scale phylogeography of Rana temporaria (Anura: Ranidae) in a putative secondary contact zone in the southern Alps by Marchesini, Alexis, Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Cornetti, Luca, Battisti, Andrea, Vernesi, Cristiano

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Enriching barcoding markers in environmental samples utilizing a phylogenetic probe design: Insights from mock communities by Nota, Kevin, Orlando, Ludovic, Marchesini, Alexis, Girardi, Matteo, Bertilsson, Stefan, Vernesi, Cristiano, Parducci, Laura

“…Hybridization capture is an emerging method making use of short oligonucleotide baits to enrich DNA libraries for genomic fragments of specific organisms thus…”
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Authors’ Reply to Letter to the Editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD by Laikre, Linda, Hohenlohe, Paul A., Allendorf, Fred W., Bertola, Laura D., Breed, Martin F., Bruford, Michael W., Funk, W. Chris, Gajardo, Gonzalo, González-Rodríguez, Antonio, Grueber, Catherine E., Hedrick, Philip W., Heuertz, Myriam, Hunter, Margaret E., Johannesson, Kerstin, Liggins, Libby, MacDonald, Anna J., Mergeay, Joachim, Moharrek, Farideh, O’Brien, David, Ogden, Rob, Orozco-terWengel, Pablo, Palma-Silva, Clarisse, Pierson, Jennifer, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Russo, Isa-Rita M., Ryman, Nils, Segelbacher, Gernot, Sjögren-Gulve, Per, Waits, Lisette P., Vernesi, Cristiano, Hoban, Sean

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Bringing genetic diversity to the forefront of conservation policy and management by Hoban, Sean M., Hauffe, Heidi C., Pérez-Espona, Sílvia, Arntzen, Jan W., Bertorelle, Giorgio, Bryja, Josef, Frith, Katie, Gaggiotti, Oscar E., Galbusera, Peter, Godoy, José A., Hoelzel, A. Rus, Nichols, Richard A., Primmer, Craig R., Russo, Isa-Rita, Segelbacher, Gernot, Siegismund, Hans R., Sihvonen, Marjatta, Vernesi, Cristiano, Vilà, Carles, Bruford, Michael W.

“…In this essay we explore questions on how to increase the visibility and utility of genetic information for biodiversity managers and policy makers. This is…”
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Large‐scale mitogenome sequencing reveals consecutive expansions of domestic taurine cattle and supports sporadic aurochs introgression by Cubric‐Curik, Vlatka, Novosel, Dinko, Brajkovic, Vladimir, Rota Stabelli, Omar, Krebs, Stefan, Sölkner, Johann, Šalamon, Dragica, Ristov, Strahil, Berger, Beate, Trivizaki, Stamatina, Bizelis, Iosif, Ferenčaković, Maja, Rothammer, Sophie, Kunz, Elisabeth, Simčič, Mojca, Dovč, Peter, Bunevski, Gojko, Bytyqi, Hysen, Marković, Božidarka, Brka, Muhamed, Kume, Kristaq, Stojanović, Srđan, Nikolov, Vasil, Zinovieva, Natalia, Schönherz, Anna Amanda, Guldbrandtsen, Bernt, Čačić, Mato, Radović, Siniša, Miracle, Preston, Vernesi, Cristiano, Curik, Ino, Medugorac, Ivica

“…The contribution of domestic cattle in human societies is enormous, making cattle, along with other essential benefits, the economically most important…”
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origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA by Beja-Pereira, A, Caramelli, D, Lalueza-Fox, C, Vernesi, C, Ferrand, N, Casoli, A, Goyache, F, Royo, L.J, Conti, S, Lari, M

“…Cattle domestication from wild aurochsen was among the most important innovations during the Neolithic agricultural revolution. The available genetic and…”
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The Coalition for Conservation Genetics: Working across organizations to build capacity and achieve change in policy and practice by Kershaw, Francine, Bruford, Michael W., Funk, W. Chris, Grueber, Catherine E., Hoban, Sean, Hunter, Margaret E., Laikre, Linda, MacDonald, Anna J., Meek, Mariah H., Mittan, Cinnamon, O'Brien, David, Ogden, Rob, Shaw, Robyn E., Vernesi, Cristiano, Segelbacher, Gernot

“…The Coalition for Conservation Genetics (CCG) brings together four eminent organizations with the shared goal of improving the integration of genetic…”
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Candidate genes involved in the evolution of viviparity: a RAD sequencing experiment in the lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae) by Cornetti, Luca, Griffith, Oliver W, Benazzo, Andrea, Panziera, Alex, Whittington, Camilla M, Thompson, Michael B, Vernesi, Cristiano, Bertorelle, Giorgio

“…Abstract Viviparity has evolved from oviparity at least 150 independent times in vertebrates. More than 80% of these transitions have occurred in squamate…”
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The de novo, chromosome-level genome assembly of the sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Cv. Marrone Di Chiusa Pesio by Bianco, Luca, Fontana, Paolo, Marchesini, Alexis, Torre, Sara, Moser, Mirko, Piazza, Stefano, Alessandri, Sara, Pavese, Vera, Pollegioni, Paola, Vernesi, Cristiano, Malnoy, Mickael, Torello Marinoni, Daniela, Murolo, Sergio, Dondini, Luca, Mattioni, Claudia, Botta, Roberto, Sebastiani, Federico, Micheletti, Diego, Palmieri, Luisa

“…The sweet chestnut Castanea sativa Mill. is the only native Castanea species in Europe, and it is a tree of high economic value that provides appreciated…”
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