University of Bologna; Research Center for Environmental Sciences; Molecular Genetics for Environmental and Fishery Resources Laboratory (GenMAP), more
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University of Bologna; Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology (BES), more
Corti, R.; Piazza, E.; Armelloni, E.N.; Ferrari, A.; Geffen, A.J.; Maes, G.E.; Masnadi, F.; Savojardo, C.; Scarcella, G.; Stagioni, M.; Tinti, F.; Zemella, A.; Cariani, A. (2024). A multidisciplinary approach to describe population structure of Solea solea in the Mediterranean Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1372743. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1372743
Salah, J.Y.; Abutair, M.A.; Al-Mabruk, S.A.A.; Zava, B.; Corsini-Foka, M.; Deidun, A.; di Natale, A.; Crobe, V.; Tinti, F. (2024). First record of the West Atlantic Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Ariidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 25(2): 263-271. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.36177
Bellodi, A.; Benvenuto, A.; Melis, R.; Mulas, A.; Barone, M.; Barría, C.; Cariani, A.; Carugati, L.; Chatzispyrou, A.; Desrochers, M.; Ferrari, A.; Guallart, J.; Hemida, F.; Mancusi, C.; Mazzoldi, C.; Ramirez-Amaro, S.; Rey, J.; Scannella, D.; Serena, F.; Tinti, F.; Vella, A.; Follesa, M.C.; Cannas, R. (2022). Call me by my name: unravelling the taxonomy of the gulper shark genus Centrophorus in the Mediterranean Sea through an integrated taxonomic approach. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 195(3): 815-840. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab110
Andrews, A.J.; Puncher, G.N.; Bernal Casasola, D.; di Natale, A.; Massari, F.; Onar, V.; Toker, N.Y.; Hanke, A.; Pavey, S.A.; Savojardo, C.; Martelli, P.L.; Casadio, R.; Cilli, E.; Morales-Muñiz, A.; Mantovani, B.; Tinti, F.; Cariani, A. (2021). Ancient DNA SNP-panel data suggests stability in bluefin tuna genetic diversity despite centuries of fluctuating catches in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 20744. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99708-9
Ferrari, A.; Di Crescenzo, S.; Cariani, A.; Crobe, V.; Benvenuto, A.; Piattoni, F.; Mancusi, C.; Bonnici, L.; Bonello, J.J.; Schembri, P.J.; Serena, F.; Massi, D.; Titone, A.; Tinti, F. (2021). Puzzling over spurdogs: molecular taxonomy assessment of the Squalus species in the Strait of Sicily. The European Zoological Journal 88(1): 181-190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2020.1849436
Leone, A.; Puncher, G.N.; Ferretti, F.; Sperone, E.; Tripepi, S.; Micarelli, P.; Gambarelli, A.; Sarà, M.; Arculeo, M.; Doria, G.; Garibaldi, F.; Bressi, N.; Dall'Asta, A.; Minelli, D.; Cilli, E.; Vanni, S.; Serena, F.; Díaz‐Jaimes, P.; Baele, G.; Cariani, A.; Tinti, F. (2020). Pliocene colonization of the Mediterranean by Great White Shark inferred from fossil records, historical jaws, phylogeographic and divergence time analyses. J. Biogeogr. 47(5): 1119-1129. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13794
Puncher, G.N.; Cariani, A.; Cilli, E.; Massari, F.; Leone, A.; Morales‐Muñiz, A.; Onar, V.; Toker, N.Y.; Casasola, D.B.; Moens, T.; Tinti, F. (2019). Comparison and optimization of genetic tools used for the identification of ancient fish remains recovered from archaeological excavations and museum collections in the Mediterranean region. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. 29(3): 365-376. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.2765
Diopere, E.; Vandamme, S.G.; Hablützel, P.I.; Cariani, A.; Van Houdt, J.; Rijnsdorp, A.; Tinti, F.; FishPopTrace Consortium; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Maes, G.E. (2018). Seascape genetics of a flatfish reveals local selection under high levels of gene flow. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 75(2): 675-689. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx160
Ferrari, A.; Tinti, F.; Maresca, V.B.; Velonà, A.; Cannas, R.; Thasitis, I.; Costa, F.O.; Follesa, M.C.; Golani, D.; Hemida, F.; Helyar, S.J.; Mancusi, C.; Mulas, A.; Serena, F.; Sion, L.; Stagioni, M.; Cariani, A. (2018). Natural history and molecular evolution of demersal Mediterranean sharks and skates inferred by comparative phylogeographic and demographic analyses. PeerJ 6: e5560. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5560
Pecoraro, C.; Babbucci, M.; Franch, R.; Rico, C.; Papetti, C.; Chassot, E.; Bodin, N.; Cariani, A.; Bargelloni, L.; Tinti, F. (2018). The population genomics of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) at global geographic scale challenges current stock delineation. NPG Scientific Reports 8: 13890. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32331-3
Puncher, G.N.; Cariani, A.; Maes, G.E.; Van Houdt, J.; Herten, K.; Cannas, R.; Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, N.; Albaina, A.; Estonba, A.; Lutcavage, M.; Hanke, A.; Rooker, J.; Franks, J.S.; Quattro, J.M.; Basilone, G.; Fraile, I.; Laconcha, U.; Goni, N.; Kimoto, A.; Macías, D.; Alemany, F.; Deguara, S.; Zgozi, S.W.; Garibaldi, F.; Oray, I.K.; Karakulak, F.S.; Abid, N.; Santos, M.N.; Addis, P.; Arrizabalaga, H.; Tinti, F. (2018). Spatial dynamics and mixing of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea revealed using next-generation sequencing. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 18(3): 620-638. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12764
Sabatini, L.; Bullo, M.; Cariani, A.; Celic, I.; Ferrari, A.; Guarniero, I.; Leoni, S.; Marceta, B.; Marcone, A.; Polidori, P.; Raicevich, S.; Tinti, F.; Vrgoc, N.; Scarcella, G. (2018). Good practices for common sole assessment in the Adriatic Sea: genetic and morphological differentiation of Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) from S. aegyptiaca (Chabanaud, 1927) and stock identification. J. Sea Res. 137: 57-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2018.04.004
Bylemans, J.; Maes, G.E.; Diopere, E.; Cariani, A.; Senn, H.; Taylor, M.I.; Helyar, S.; Bargelloni, L.; Bonaldo, A.; Carvalho, G.; Guarniero, I.; Komen, H.; Martinsohn, J.T.; Nielsen, E.E.; Tinti, F.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Ogden, R. (2016). Evaluating genetic traceability methods for captive-bred marine fish and their applications in fisheries management and wildlife forensics. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 8: 131-145. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/aei00164
Nielsen, E.E.; Cariani, A.; Mac Aoidh, E.; Maes, G.E.; Milano, I.; Ogden, R.; Taylor, M.; Hemmer-Hansen, J.; Babbucci, M.; Bargelloni, L.; Bekkevold, D.; Diopere, E.; Grenfell, L.; Helyar, S.; Limborg, M.T.; Martinsohn, J. Th.; McEwing, R.; Panitz, F.; Patarnello, T.; Tinti, F.; Van Houdt, J.K.J.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Waples, R.S.; FishPopTrace Consortium; Carvalho, G.R. (2012). Gene-associated markers provide tools for tackling illegal fishing and false eco-certification. Nature Comm. 3(851): 6 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1845
Milano, I.; Babbucci, M.; Panitz, F.; Ogden, R.; Nielsen, R.O.; Taylor, M.I.; Helyar, S.J.; Carvalho, G.R.; Espineira, M.; Atanassova, M.; Tinti, F.; Maes, G.E.; Patarnello, T.; Bargelloni, L.; FishPopTrace Consortium (2011). Novel tools for conservation genomics: comparing two high-throughput approaches for SNP discovery in the transcriptome of the European Hake. PLoS One 6(11): e28008. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028008
Pasolini, P.; Ragazzini, C.; Zaccaro, Z.; Cariani, A.; Ferrara, G.; Gonzalez, E.G.; Landi, M.; Milano, I.; Stagioni, M.; Guarniero, I.; Tinti, F. (2011). Quaternary geographical sibling speciation and population structuring in the Eastern Atlantic skates (suborder Rajoidea) Raja clavata and R. straeleni. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 158(10): 2173-2186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1722-7
Kochzius, M.; Seidel, C.; Antoniou, A.; Kumar Botla, S.; Campo, D.; Cariani, A.; Vazquez, E.G.; Hauschild, J.; Hervet, C.; Hjorleifsdottir, S.; Hreggvidsson, G.O.; Kappel, K.; Landi, M.; Magoulas, A.; Marteinsson, V.; Nölte, M.; Planes, S.; Tinti, F.; Turan, C.; Venugopal, M.N.; Weber, H.; Blohm, D. (2010). Identifying fishes through DNA barcodes and microarrays. PLoS One 5(9): e12620. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012620
Kochzius, M.; Nölte, M.; Weber, H.; Silkenbeumer, N.; Hjörleifsdottir, S.; Hreggvidsson, G.O.; Marteinsson, V.; Kappel, K.; Planes, S.; Tinti, F.; Magoulas, A.; Garcia-Vazquez, E.; Turan, C.; Hervet, C.; Campo Falgueras, D.; Antoniou, A.; Landi, M.; Blohm, D. (2008). DNA microarrays for identifying fishes. Mar. Biotechnol. 10(2): 207-217. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-007-9068-3
Tinti, F.; Boni, L.; Pistocchi, R.; Riccardi, M.; Guerrini, F. (2007). Species-specific probe, based on 18S rDNA sequence, could be used for identification of the mucilage producer microalga Gonyaulax fragilis (Dinophyta). Hydrobiologia 580(1): 259-263. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0446-z
Garoia, F.; Guarniero, I.; Piccinetti, C.; Tinti, F. (2005). First microsatellite loci of red mullet (Mullus barbatus) and their application to genetic structure analysis of Adriatic shared stock. Mar. Biotechnol. 6(5): 446-452. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-004-3045-x
Vallisneri, M.; Tinti, F.; Tommasini, S.; Piccinetti, C. (2001). Reproductive cycle of the common sole Solea vulgaris Quensel, 1806, in the northern Adriatic Sea. Acta Adriat. 42(2): 59-63
Tinti, F.; Piccinetti, C. (2000). Molecular systematics of the Atlanto-Mediterranean Solea species. J. Fish Biol. 56: 604-614
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