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Fabrizio Ghiselli

Associate Professor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Academic discipline: BIO/05 Zoology

Research

Keywords: Genome Evolution Bivalve Genomics Mito-Nuclear Coevolution Mitochondrial Inheritance Heteroplasmy Adaptation Genomic Conflicts Sex Determination Meiosis Parthenogenesis Polyploidy Hybridization High Throughput Sequencing Illumina PacBio

  • BIVALVE GENOMICS
    • Genome structure and organization
    • Evolution of sex determination systems, and characterization of sex-determining genes
    • Characterization and evolution of sperm/egg recognition and chemotaxis in broadcast spawning animals
    • Effects of chemical contamination and adaptation to environmental changes
    • Biomineralization
  • MITOCHONDRIAL BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
    • Coevolution and coordination of gene expression between organellar and nuclear genomes.
    • Effects of heteroplasmy on mito-nuclear interactions.
    • Characterization and evolution of aerobic and anaerobic energy metabolism.
    • Population genetics of mtDNA and nature of the mitochondrial bottleneck.
    • Role of mitochondria in germ line formation.
    • Mitochondrial activity in gametogenesis and free radical damage.
  • EVOLUTION OF MEIOSIS
    • Meiosis, Reproduction and Genome Evolution.
    • Karyological and molecular characterization of mitosis and meiosis in somatic and germ cells.
    • BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION
      • Molecular characterization of European ant species with mitochondrial markers.