Keywords:
Molecular Phylogenetics
RNA interference
Bivalvia
Mitochondrial DNA
Doubly Uniparental Inheritance (DUI)
1. Mitochondrial Genomics; structure and evolution of the
Mitochondrial Genome in bivalve mollusks and insecta phasmida;
2. Characterization of Doubly Uniparental Inheritance Mitochondrial
Systems (DUI) in bivalves;
3. Phylogenetics and reproductive biology of stick insects
(Phasmida);
4. Phylogenetics of Bivalvia;
5. Speciation mechanisms and phylogeography of circum-mediterranean
stick insects (Phasmida);
6. New methodological approaches to Mitochondrial DNA
characterization;
7. Ribosomal DNA structure and evolution in stick insects
(Phasmida);
8. Satellite DNA structure and evolution in stick insects and
venerid bivalves;
9. Biochemical and molecular taxonomy of venerid bivalves and
decapod crustaceans;
10. Biochemical characterization protocols in bivalve species of
commercial interest.
