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Freshwater fish community assessment using eDNA metabarcoding vs. capture-based...
Curto, Manuel; Batista, Sofia; Santos, Carlos D.; Ribeiro, Filipe; Nogueira, Sofia; Ribeiro, Diogo; Prindle, Benjamin; Licari, Daniel; Riccioni, GiuliaEnvironmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized ecological and environmental research by describing communities without relying on direct observations, making it a powerful, non-invasive, and cost-effective tool in biodiversity monitoring. However, the adoption of eDNA as a standard protocol in long-term monitoring programs, which have traditionally relied on capture-based methods, presents challenges...
Genetic Structure of Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean Sea Correlates with Envi...
Riccioni, Giulia; Stagioni, Marco; Landi, Monica; Ferrara, Giorgia; Barbujani, Guido; Tinti, FaustoAbstract Background Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABFT) shows complex demography and ecological variation in the Mediterranean Sea. Genetic surveys have detected significant, although weak, signals of population structuring; catch series analyses and tagging programs identified complex ABFT spatial dynamics and migration patterns. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the genetic structure of the ABFT in the Mediterrane...
Spatio-temporal population structuring and genetic diversity retention in deple...
Riccioni, Giulia; Landi, Monica; Ferrara, Giorgia; Milano, Ilaria; Cariani, Alessia; Zane, Lorenzo; Sella, Massimo; Barbujani, Guido; Tinti, FaustoThere are a number of challenges associated with designing nanoparticles for medical applications. We define two challenges here: (i) conventional targeting against up-regulated cell surface antigens is limited by heterogeneity in expression, and (ii) previous studies suggest that the optimal size of nanoparticles designed for systemic delivery is approximately 50–150 nm, yet this size range confers a high surf...
Spatio-temporal genetic patterns in Mediterranean bluefin tuna : population str...
Riccioni, Giulia; Ferrara, Giorgia; Landi, Monica; Sella, Massimo; Piccinetti, Corrado; Barbujani, Guido; Tinti, FaustoWe assessed spatio-temporal genetic patterns in Mediterranean samples of bluefin tuna (BFT) to look for signs of population structuring and genetic erosion, which might be related to stock overexploitation and depletion. We analyzed microsatellite variation at seven neutral loci on seven contemporary bluefin tuna samples collected from the Alboran Sea to the Levant Sea (N=316) and in two historical samples (N=9...