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Preprints
Asterisk (*) denotes equal contribution. Authors from the lab are highlighted.
Asterisk (*) denotes equal contribution. Authors from the lab are highlighted.
Phenotypic divergence and genomic architecture at two different stages of speciation in a marine snail
Raffini F*, De Jode A*, Johannesson K, Faria R, Zagrodzka ZB, Westram AM, Galindo J, Rolan-Alvarez E, Butlin RK bioRxiv 2023.09.21.558824, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.21.558824 |
Publications
Asterisk (*) denotes equal contribution. Authors from the lab are highlighted.
Asterisk (*) denotes equal contribution. Authors from the lab are highlighted.
Integrating citizen science and spatial ecology to inform management and conservation of the Italian seahorses
Bosso L, Balestrieri R, Smeraldo S, Chiusano ML, Raffini F, Canestrelli D, Musco L, Gili C Ecological Informatics 79, 102402, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102402 (2024) |
Transcriptome-wide selection and validation of a solid set of reference genes for gene expression studies in the cephalopod mollusk Octopus vulgaris
Imperadore P, Cagnin S, Allegretti V, Millino C, Raffini F, Fiorito G, Ponte G Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 23, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2023.1091305 (2023) |
The rise and fall of an alien: why the successful coloniser Littorina saxatilis failed to invade the Mediterranean Sea
Bosso L, Smeraldo S, Russo D, Chiusano ML, Bertorelle G, Johannesson K, Butlin RK, Danovaro R, Raffini F Biological Invasions 24, 3169-3187, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02838-y (2022) Check the press coverage here, here, and here |
Genetic load: genomic estimates and applications in non-model animals
Bertorelle G*, Raffini F*, Bosse M, Bortoluzzi C, Iannucci A, Trucchi E, Morales HE*, Van Oosternhout C* Nature Reviews Genetics 23, 492-503, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-022-00448-x (2022) |
Ancient genomes reveal early Andean farmers selected common beans while preserving diversity
Trucchi E, Benazzo A, Lari M, Iob A, Vai S, Nanni L, Bellucci E, Bitocchi E, Raffini F, Xu C, Jackson SA, Lema V, Babot P, Oliszewski N, Gil A, Neme G, Michieli CT, De Lorenzi M, Calcagnile L, Caramelli D, Staar B, de Boer H, Boessenkool S, Papa R, Bertorelle G Nature Plants 7, 123-128, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00848-7 (2021) |
From nucleotides to satellite imagery: approaches to identify and manage the invasive pathogen Xylella fastidiosa and its insect vectors in Europe
Raffini F, Bertorelle G, Biello R, D’Urso G, Russo D, Bosso L Sustainability 12 (11), 4508, https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114508 (2020) |
Diving into divergence: differentiation in swimming performances, physiology and gene expression between locally-adapted sympatric cichlid fishes
Raffini F*, Schneider RF*, Franchini P, Kautt A, Meyer A Molecular Ecology 29 (7), 1219-1234, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15304 (2020) Check the cover here and perspective here |
A comprehensive overview of the developmental basis and adaptive significance of a textbook polymorphism: head asymmetry in the cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis.
Raffini F and Meyer A Hydrobiologia 832(1), 65-84, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3800-z (2019) |
Gene(s) and individual feeding behaviour: exploring eco-evolutionary dynamics underlying left-right asymmetry in the scale-eating cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis
Raffini F, Fruciano C, Meyer A Ecology and Evolution 8(11), 5495-5507, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4070 (2018) |
Morphological and genetic correlates in the left-right asymmetric scale-eating cichlid fish of Lake Tanganyika
Raffini F*, Fruciano C*, Meyer A Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124(1), 67-84, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly024 (2018) |
Towards understanding the genetic basis of mouth asymmetry in the scale-eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis
Raffini F, Fruciano C, Franchini P, Meyer A Molecular Ecology 26 (1), 77-91, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13699 (2017) Check the cover here |
Are sympatrically-speciating Midas cichlid fish special? Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the closely related Archocentrus centrarchus
Fruciano C, Franchini P, Raffini F, Fan S, Meyer A Ecology and Evolution 6 (12), 4102-4114, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2184 (2016) Check the cover here |