Anno 2017

1. Genetic evidence for a world-wide chaotic dispersion pattern of the arbovirus vector, Aedes albopictus. Manni M, Guglielmino CR, Scolari F, Vega-Rúa A, Failloux AB, Somboon P, Lisa A, Savini G, Bonizzoni M, Gomulski LM, Malacrida AR, Gasperi G (2017) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11: e0005332. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005332.
2. Mitogenome Diversity in Sardinians: a Genetic Window onto an Island’s Past. Olivieri A, Sidore C, Achilli A, Angius A, Posth C, Furtwängler A, Brandini S, Rosario Capodiferro M, Gandini F, Zoledziewska M, Pitzalis M, Maschio A, Busonero F, Lai L, Skeates R, Giuseppina Gradoli M, Beckett J, Marongiu M, Mazzarello V, Marongiu P, Rubino S, Rito T, Macaulay V, Semino O, Pala M, Abecasis GR, Schlessinger D, Conde-Sousa E, Soares P, Richards MB, Cucca F, Torroni A. Mol Biol Evol. 2017 Feb 8. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx082. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 28177087

3. The Worldwide Spread of the Tiger Mosquito as Revealed by Mitogenome Haplogroup Diversity. Battaglia V, Gabrieli P, Brandini S, Capodiferro MR, Javier PA, Chen XG, Achilli A, Semino O, Gomulski LM, Malacrida AR, Gasperi G, Torroni A, Olivieri A.Front Genet. 2016 Nov 23;7:208. PMID: 27933090

4. A Data Fusion Approach to Enhance Association Study in Epilepsy. Marini S, Limongelli I, Rizzo E, Malovini A, Errichiello E, Vetro A, Da T, Zuffardi O, Bellazzi R. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 16;11(12):e0164940. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164940. PMID: 27984588

Anno 2016

1. Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East. Lazaridis I, Nadel D, Rollefson G, Merrett DC, Rohland N, Mallick S, Fernandes D, Novak M, Gamarra B, Sirak K, Connell S, Stewardson K, Harney E, Fu Q, Gonzalez-Fortes G, Jones ER, Roodenberg SA, Lengyel G, Bocquentin F, Gasparian B, Monge JM, Gregg M, Eshed V, Mizrahi A-S, Meiklejohn C, Gerritsen F, Bejenaru L, Blueher M, Campbell A, Cavalleri G, Comas D, Froguel P, Gilbert E, Kerr SM, Kovacs P, Krause J, McGettigan D, Merrigan M, Merriwether DA, O’Reilly S, Richards MB, Semino O, Shamoon-Pour M, Stefanescu G, Stumvoll M, Tonjes A, Torroni A, Wilson JF, Yengo L, Hovhannisyan NA, Patterson N, Pinhasi R, Reich D. Nature 2016 Aug 25;536(7617):419-24. PMID: 27459054
2. An overview of ten Italian horse breeds through mitochondrial DNA. Cardinali I, Lancioni H, Giontella A, Capodiferro MR, Capomaccio S, Buttazzoni L, Biggio GP, Cherchi R, Albertini E,Olivieri A, Cappelli K, Achilli A, Silvestrelli M. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 7;11(4):e0153004. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153004. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27054850 Free PMC Article
3. Human DDX3 protein is a valuable target to develop broad spectrum antiviral agents. Brai A, Fazi R, Tintori C, Zamperini C, Bugli F, Sanguinetti M, Stigliano E, Esté J, Badia R, Franco S, Martinez MA, Martinez JP, Meyerhans A, Saladini F, Zazzi M, Garbelli A, Maga G, Botta M. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 May 10;113(19):5388-93. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522987113.
4. Landscape genetic structure and evolutionary genetics of insecticide resistance gene mutations inAnopheles sinensis. Chang X, Zhong D, Lo E, Fang Q, Bonizzoni M, Wang X, Lee MC, Zhou G, Zhu G, Qin Q, Chen X, Cui L, Yan G. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Apr 23;9(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1513-6.
5. Mapping human dispersals into the Horn of Africa from Arabian Ice Age refugia using mitogenomes.Gandini F, Achilli A, Pala M, Bodner M, Brandini S, Huber G, Egyed B, Ferretti L, Gómez-Carballa A, Salas A, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Coppa A, Parson W, Semino O, Soares P, Torroni A, Richards MB, Olivieri A. Sci Rep. 2016 May 5;6:25472. doi: 10.1038/srep25472. PMID: 27146119 Free PMC Article
6. Migration flows affect women’s dietary iodine intake and jeopardize their iodine sufficiency: a pilot study. Magri F, Zerbini F, Gaiti M, Capelli V, Rotondi M, Ibañez MM, Chiovato L. Endocrine. 2016 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
7. Multi-country Survey Revealed Prevalent and Novel F1534S Mutation in Voltage-GatedSodium Channel (VGSC) Gene in Aedes albopictus. Xu J, Bonizzoni M, Zhong D, Zhou G, Cai S, Li Y, Wang X, Lo E, Lee R, Sheen R, Duan J, Yan G, Chen XG. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 May 4;10(5):e0004696. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004696.
8. Palaeogenomics: mitogenomes and migrations in Europe’s past. Richards MB, Soares P, Torroni A. Curr Biol. 2016 Mar 21;26(6):R243-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.044. PMID: 27003890
9. Survey of uniparental genetic markers in the Maltese cattle breed reveals a significant founder effect but does not indicate local domestication. Lancioni H, Di Lorenzo P, Cardinali I, Ceccobelli S, Capodiferro MR, Fichera A, Grugni V, Semino O,Ferretti L, Gruppetta A, Attard G, Achilli A, Lasagna E. Anim Genet. 2016 Apr;47(2):267-9. doi: 10.1111/age.12408. Epub 2016 Feb 11. No abstract available. PMID: 26868928
10. The Spermatophore in Glossina morsitans morsitans: Insights into Male Contributions to Reproduction. Scolari F, Benoit JB, Michalkova V, Aksoy E, Takac P, Abd-Alla AM, Malacrida AR, Aksoy S, Attardo GM. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 5;6:20334. doi: 10.1038/srep20334.

Anno 2015

1. A draft genome sequence of an invasive mosquito: an Italian Aedes albopictus. Dritsou V, Topalis P, Windbichler N, Simoni A, Hall A, Lawson D, Hinsley M, Hughes D, Napolioni V, Crucianelli F, Deligianni E, Gasperi G, Gomulski LM, Savini G, Manni M, Scolari F, Malacrida AR, Arcà B, Ribeiro JM, Lombardo F, Saccone G, Salvemini M, Moretti R, Aprea G, Calvitti M, Picciolini M, Papathanos PA, Spaccapelo R, Favia G, Crisanti A, Louis C. Pathog Glob Health. 2015 Jul;109(5):207-20. doi: 10.1179/2047773215Y.0000000031.
2. Discovery of Multitarget Antivirals Acting on Both the Dengue Virus NS5-NS3 Interaction and the Host Src/Fyn Kinases. Vincetti P, Caporuscio F, Kaptein S, Gioiello A, Mancino V, Suzuki Y, Yamamoto N, Crespan E, Lossani A, Maga G, Rastelli G, Castagnolo D, Neyts J, Leyssen P, Costantino G, Radi M. J Med Chem. 2015 Jun 25;58(12):4964-75. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00108.
3. Exploring the Y chromosomal ancestry of modern Panamanians. Grugni V, Battaglia V, Perego UA, Raveane A, Lancioni H, Olivieri A, Ferretti L, Woodward SR, Pascale JM, Cooke R, Myres N, Motta J, Torroni A, Achilli A, Semino O. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 4;10(12):e0144223. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144223. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26636572 Free PMC Article
4. Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution. Chen XG, Jiang X, Gu J, Xu M, Wu Y, Deng Y, Zhang C, Bonizzoni M, Dermauw W, Vontas J, Armbruster P, Huang X, Yang Y, Zhang H, He W, Peng H, Liu Y, Wu K, Chen J, Lirakis M, Topalis P, Van Leeuwen T, Hall AB, Jiang X, Thorpe C, Mueller RL, Sun C, Waterhouse RM, Yan G, Tu ZJ, Fang X, James AA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 3;112(44):E5907-15. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516410112.
5. Mitogenomes from Egyptian cattle breeds: New clues on the origin of haplogroup Q and the early spread of Bos taurus from the Near East. Olivieri A, Gandini F, Achilli A, Fichera A, Rizzi E, Bonfiglio S, Battaglia V, Brandini S, De Gaetano A, El-Beltagi A, Lancioni H, Agha S, Semino O,Ferretti L, Torroni A. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 29;10(10):e0141170. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141170. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26513361 Free PMC Article
6. Molecular markers for analyses of intraspecific genetic diversity in the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Manni M, Gomulski LM, Aketarawong N, Tait G, Scolari F, Somboon P, Guglielmino CR, Malacrida AR, Gasperi G. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Mar 28;8:188. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0794-5.
7. Relevant genetic differentiation among Brazilian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae). Manni M, Lima KM, Guglielmino CR, Lanzavecchia SB, Juri M, Vera T, Cladera J,Scolari F, Gomulski L, Bonizzoni M, Gasperi G, Silva JG, Malacrida AR. Zookeys. 2015 Nov 26;(540):157-73. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.540.6713.
8. RNA-seq analyses of changes in the Anopheles gambiae transcriptome associated with resistance to pyrethroids in Kenya: identification of candidate-resistance genes and candidate-resistance SNPs.Bonizzoni M, Ochomo E, Dunn WA, Britton M, Afrane Y, Zhou G, Hartsel J, Lee MC, Xu J, Githeko A, Fass J, Yan G. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Sep 17;8:474. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1083-z.
9. The novel influenza A virus protein PA-X and its naturally deleted variant show different enzymatic properties in comparison to the viral endonuclease PA. Bavagnoli L, Cucuzza S, Campanini G, Rovida F, Paolucci S, Baldanti F, Maga G. Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Oct 30;43(19):9405-17. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv926.
10. Uncovering the sources of DNA found on the Turin Shroud. Barcaccia G, Galla G, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A. Sci Rep. 2015 Oct 5;5:14484. doi: 10.1038/srep14484. PMID: 26434580 Free PMC Article
11. Whole mitochondrial genomes unveil the impact of domestication on goat matrilineal variability. Colli L, Lancioni H, Cardinali I, Olivieri A, Capodiferro MR, Pellecchia M, Rzepus M, Zamani W, Naderi S, Gandini F, Vahidi SM, Agha S, Randi E, Battaglia V, Sardina MT, Portolano B, Rezaei HR, Lymberakis P, Boyer F, Coissac E, Pompanon F, Taberlet P, Ajmone Marsan P, Achilli A. BMC Genomics. 2015 Dec 29;16(1):1115. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-2342-2. PMID: 26714643 Free PMC Article