My main research interests focus on molecular phylogenetics and mitochondrial evolution, with special reference to the peculiar organellar inheritance termed DUI (Doubly Uniparental Inheritance).
About molecular phylogenetics, I am interested in multi-locus phylogenetic inferences, typically based on mitochondrial genome, with special reference to the phylum of Mollusca and the class of Bivalvia. I am also interested in developing software and pipelines to improve these analyses further and further.
About mitochondrial evolution and DUI, I am interested in bivalve comparative mitogenomics and transcriptomics, in order to investigate and unravel the evolutionary history of this phenomenon and the relationships with the nuclear genome.
