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The First Report of Pennella (Crustacea: Copepoda) Infesting Stenella coeruleoalba Stranded in Malta: Morphological and Genetic Analyses
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-04-2024)“…Here, we document the stranding of a striped dolphin (Meyen, 1833) (Mammalia: Delphinidae), which was found dead in Maltese waters in July 2020. The stranded…”
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Conservation Genetics of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta , from the Central Mediterranean: An Insight into the Species' Reproductive Behaviour in Maltese Waters
Published in Animals (Basel) (30-12-2023)“…Loggerhead sea turtle, (Linnaeus, 1758), nestlings were investigated through specimens found dead either after hatching or unhatched ( = 120) from eight nests…”
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Phylogeographic Analyses of the Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes) from the Central Mediterranean Sea, a Critically Endangered Species in the Region
Published in Fishes (01-10-2023)“…The Shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, is a globally distributed highly migratory pelagic shark species, occurring mostly in temperate…”
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Characterization of the complete mitogenome of Haifa grouper, Hyporthodus haifensis (Perciformes: Serranidae), and its phylogenetic position within Epinephelini
Published in Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (03-04-2021)“…The complete mitochondrial genome of the Haifa grouper, Hyporthodus haifensis (Ben-Tuvia, 1953), has been obtained, through Illumina next-generation…”
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DNA Barcoding of Lepidoptera Species from the Maltese Islands: New and Additional Records, with an Insight into Endemic Diversity
Published in Diversity (Basel) (01-12-2022)“…This work presents the first outcomes resulting from a DNA barcode reference library of lepidopteran species from Malta. The library presented here was…”
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The complete mitogenome of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae)
Published in Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (04-09-2020)“…Here, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome for the smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810). The circular mitochondrial genome…”
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First record of the genus Micromeriella Betrem, 1972 (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) from the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean
Published in Check list (Luís Felipe Toledo) (01-11-2021)“…Here we report the first distribution record of the genus Micromeriella Betrem, 1972 (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) from the archipelago of Malta, based on two…”
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Contribution to the knowledge of the beetle fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Malta: new records of seven species with supporting DNA barcodes
Published in Check list (Luís Felipe Toledo) (01-01-2021)“…We report the presence of seven species of Coleoptera newly found on the Maltese Islands in the central Mediterranean. The first species records from the…”
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Resurrection of the Butterfly-winged Comber, Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832 (Teleostei, Serranidae) and its phylogenetic position within genus Serranus
Published in ZooKeys (12-02-2021)“…The family Serranidae is represented by 92 genera and 579 valid species, with the genus Cuvier, 1816, containing 30 species. In this study, specimens of…”
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New Records of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean)
Published in Diversity (Basel) (18-05-2023)“…The current study provides new data on the known records of the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, from the Maltese Islands through two…”
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Characterization and comparison of the complete mitochondrial genomes of two stingrays, Dasyatis pastinaca and Dasyatis tortonesei (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Mediterranean Sea
Published in Molecular biology reports (2021)“…This work represents the complete mitochondrial genomes of two stingrays, Dasyatis pastinaca and Dasyatis tortonesei , from the Mediterranean Sea. The…”
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Increasing understanding of alien species through citizen science (Alien-CSI)
Published in Research Ideas and Outcomes (07-11-2018)“…There is no sign of saturation in accumulation of alien species (AS) introductions worldwide, additionally the rate of spread for some species has also been…”
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The First Report of IPennella/I Infesting IStenella coeruleoalba/I Stranded in Malta: Morphological and Genetic Analyses
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-04-2024)“…A striped dolphin was found dead in Maltese waters in July 2020, displaying a severe infestation of the mesoparasite Pennella balaenoptera. This parasite is…”
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Conservation Genetics of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, ICaretta caretta/I, from the Central Mediterranean: An Insight into the Species’ Reproductive Behaviour in Maltese Waters
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-12-2023)“…This work represents the first scientific study using genetic markers to better understand the reproductive behaviour of the loggerhead sea turtle from the…”
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Phylogeographic Analyses of the Shortfin Mako, IIsurus oxyrinchus/I Rafinesque, 1810 from the Central Mediterranean Sea, a Critically Endangered Species in the Region
Published in Fishes (01-10-2023)“…The Shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, is a globally distributed highly migratory pelagic shark species, occurring mostly in temperate…”
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Population genetics of the deep-sea bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, revealing spatial genetic heterogeneity
Published in Marine genomics (01-12-2017)“…Hexanchus griseus is a globally distributed deep-water shark species. It inhabits tropical and temperate waters throughout the world, including the…”
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A molecular approach towards taxonomic identification of elasmobranch species from Maltese fisheries landings
Published in Marine genomics (01-12-2017)“…The mitochondrial genome, through the application of DNA barcoding, provides a powerful tool for identifying species even when specimens are either incomplete…”
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The first complete mitochondrial genomes for Serranus papilionaceus and Serranus scriba, and their phylogenetic position within Serranidae
Published in Molecular biology reports (01-07-2022)“…Background Butterfly-winged comber, Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832, was recently resurrected and so it is no longer considered as a junior synonym…”
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The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics
Published in Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) (01-03-2022)“…Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes…”
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How genomics can help biodiversity conservation
Published in Trends in genetics (01-07-2023)“…Genomics provides effective tools to characterize biodiversity, but the full implementation of genomic techniques in practical conservation is still limited…”
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