A5064054020- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Legal and Labor Studies
- Neural Networks and Applications
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Educational and Social Studies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
2021-2023
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2023
University of Puerto Rico System
2022
University of Bologna
2019
Little is known about the extent to which species use homologous regulatory architectures achieve phenotypic convergence. By characterizing chromatin accessibility and gene expression in developing wing tissues, we compared architecture of convergence between a pair mimetic butterfly species. Although handful color pattern genes are be involved their convergence, our data suggest that different mutational paths underlie integration these into development. This supported by large fraction...
Heliconius butterflies, a speciose genus of Müllerian mimics, represent classic example an adaptive radiation that includes range derived dietary, life history, physiological and neural traits. However, key lineages within the genus, across broader Heliconiini tribe, lack genomic resources, limiting our understanding how neutral processes shaped genome evolution during their radiation. Here, we generate highly contiguous assemblies for nine Heliconiini, 29 additional reference-assembled...
Despite insertions and deletions being the most common structural variants (SVs) found across genomes, not much is known about how these SVs vary within populations between closely related species, nor their significance in evolution. To address questions, we characterized evolution of indel using genome assemblies three
Abstract Heliconius butterflies, a speciose genus of Müllerian mimics, represent classic example an adaptive radiation that includes range derived dietary, life history, physiological and neural traits. However, key lineages within the genus, across broader Heliconiini tribe, lack genomic resources, limiting our understanding how neutral processes shaped genome evolution during their radiation. We have generated highly contiguous assemblies for nine new Heliconiini, 29 additional...
Abstract Despite insertions and deletions being the most common structural variants (SVs) found across genomes, not much is known about how these SVs vary within populations between closely related species, nor their significance in evolution. To address questions, we characterized evolution of indel using genome assemblies three Heliconius butterfly species. Over relatively short evolutionary timescales investigated, up to 18.0% was composed indels two haplotypes an individual H....
Inferring the selective forces that orthologous genes underwent across different lineages can help us understand evolutionary processes have shaped their extant diversity and phenotypes they underlie. The most widespread metric to estimate selection regimes of coding genes-across sites phylogenies-is ratio nonsynonymous synonymous substitutions (d
Over the last few decades, social, economic, and technological changes have gradually contributed to modifying core concept of museum organizations, towards their active involvement in process social innovation territory growth, accordance with instances sustainability. This study investigates how strategic innovation, based on implementation an open sustainable model, as a driver civic can enhance development reference community. To this end, after analyzing sustainability-oriented...
Abstract Although DNA transposons often generated internal deleted derivatives such as miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements, short internally elements (SIDEs) derived from nonlong terminal-repeat retrotransposons are rare. Here, we found a novel SIDE, named Persaeus, that originated the chicken repeat 1 (CR1) retrotransposon Zenon and it has been widespread in Lepidoptera insects. Our findings suggested Persaeus partner have experienced transposition burst their host genomes copy...
Abstract Heliconius butterflies, a speciose genus of Müllerian mimics, represent classic example an adaptive radiation involving range derived dietary, life history, physiological and neural traits. However, key lineages within the genus, across broader Heliconiini tribe, lack genomic resources, contrasting our understanding how neutral processes shaped genome evolution their radiation. Here, we build new, highly contiguous assemblies for nine new Heliconiini, reference-assembled genomes 29...