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fulvio.cruciani@uniroma1.it
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Biotecnology - Charles Darwin
Sapienza University of Rome
Edificio Genetica, room 3-09 (2nd floor) - P.Le A.Moro 5 00185 Roma
| LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (1994 - 2017)
(A) Research papers published on international journals (* = corresponding author)
1) D'Atanasio E, Trombetta B, Bonito M, Finocchio A, Di Vito G, Seghizzi M, Romano R, Russo G, Paganotti GM, Watson E, Coppa A, Anagnostou P, Dugoujon JM, Moral P, Sellitto D, Novelletto A, Cruciani F* (2018) The peopling of the last Green Sahara revealed by high-coverage resequencing of trans-Saharan patrilineages. Genome Biology 19:20 IF=11,908 5-Year IF=13,554 2) TROMBETTA B, D'ATANASIO E, CRUCIANI F* (2017) Patterns of Inter-Chromosomal Gene Conversion on the Male-Specific Region of the Human Y Chromosome (editorial review). Front Genet 8:54 IF=3,789 3) TROMBETTA B, CRUCIANI F* (2017) Y chromosome palindromes and gene conversion (invited review). Human Genetics. 136:605-619. IF=5,138 5-Year IF=4,315 4) IACOVACCI G, D'ATANASIO E, MARINI E, COPPA A, SELLITTO D, TROMBETTA B, BERTI A, CRUCIANI F* (2017) Forensic data and microvariant sequence characterization of 27 Y-STR loci analyzed in four Eastern African countries. Forensic Sci Int Genetics 27:123-131 IF=4,988 5-Year IF=4,497 5) Trombetta B, Fantini G, D’Atanasio E, Sellitto D, Cruciani F* (2016) Evidence of extensive non-allelic gene conversion among LTR elements in the human genome. Sci Rep 6:28710 IF=5,228 5-Year IF=5.525 6) GANDINI F, ACHILLI A, PALA M, BODNER M, BRANDINI S, HUBER G, EGYED B, FERRETTI L, GÓMEZ-CARBALLA A, SALAS A, SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F, COPPA A, PARSON W, SEMINO O, SOARES P, TORRONI A, RICHARDS M, OLIVIERI A (2016) Mapping human dispersals into the Horn of Africa from Arabian Ice Age refugia using mitogenomes. Sci Rep 6:25472 IF=5,228 5-Year IF=5,525 7) RAPONE C, D’ATANASIO E, AGOSTINO A, MARIANO M, PAPALUCA MT, CRUCIANI F*, BERTI A (2016) Forensic genetic value of a 27 Y-STR loci multiplex (Yfiler® Plus kit) in an Italian population sample. Forensic Sci Int Genet 21:e1-5 IF=4,988 5-Year IF=4,497 8) TROMBETTA B, D'ATANASIO E, MASSAIA A, MYRES NM, SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F*, NOVELLETTO A (2015) Regional Differences in the Accumulation of SNPs on the Male-Specific Portion of the Human Y Chromosome Replicate Autosomal Patterns: Implications for Genetic Dating. PLoS One. 10:e0134646. IF=3,057 5-Year IF=3,535 9) TROMBETTA B, D'ATANASIO E, MASSAIA A, IPPOLITI M, COPPA A, CANDILIO F, COIA V, RUSSO G, DUGOUJON JM, MORAL P, AKAR N, SELLITTO D, VALESINI G, NOVELLETTO A, SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F* (2015) Phylogeographic refinement and large scale genotyping of human Y chromosome haplogroup E provide new insights into the dispersal of early pastoralists in the African continent. Genome Biol Evol 7:1940-1950 IF=4,098 5-Year IF=4,257 10) MOSCHETTI R, CELAURO E, CRUCIANI F, CAIZZI R, DIMITRI P (2014) On the evolution of Yeti, a Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin gene. Plos One 9:e0113010 IF=3,534 5-Year IF=4,015 11) Trombetta B, Sellitto D, Scozzari R, Cruciani F* (2014) Inter- and intra-species phylogenetic analyses reveal extensive X-Y gene conversion in the evolution of gametologous sequences of human sex chromosomes. Mol Biol Evol 31:2108-2123 IF=14,308 5-Year IF=10,494 12) Scozzari R, Massaia A, Trombetta B, Bellusci G, Myres NM, Novelletto A, Cruciani F* (2014) An unbiased resource of novel SNP markers provides a new chronology for the human Y chromosome and reveals a deep phylogenetic structure in Africa. Genome Res 24:535-544 IF=13,852 5-Year IF=14,927 13) Scozzari R, Massaia A, D'Atanasio E, Myres NM, Perego UA, Trombetta B, Cruciani F* (2012) Molecular dissection of the basal clades in the human Y chromosome phylogenetic tree. PLos ONE 7:e49170 IF=3,534 5-Year IF=4,015 14) CRUCIANI F*, TROMBETTA B, MASSAIA A, DESTRO-BISOL G, SELLITTO D, SCOZZARI R (2011) A revised root for the human Y chromosomal phylogenetic tree: The origin of patrilineal diversity in Africa. Am J Hum Genet 88:814-818 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 15) TROMBETTA B, CRUCIANI F, SELLITTO D, SCOZZARI R (2011) A new topology of the human Y chromosome haplogroup E1b1 (E-P2) revealed through the use of newly characterized binary polymorphisms. Plos One 6:e16073 IF=3,534 5-Year IF=4,015 16) CRUCIANI F, TROMBETTA B, ANTONELLI C, PASCONE R, VALESINI G, SCALZI V, VONA G, MELEGH B, ZAGRADISNIK B, ASSUM G, EFREMOV GD, SELLITTO D, SCOZZARI R (2011) Strong intra- and inter-continental differentiation revealed by Y chromosome SNPs M269, U106 and U152. Forensic Sci Int Genet 5:e49-52. IF=3,202 5-Year IF=3,099 17) CRUCIANI F, TROMBETTA B, SELLITTO D, MASSAIA A, DESTRO-BISOL G, WATSON E, BERAUD COLOMB E, DUGOUJON JM, MORAL P, SCOZZARI R (2010) Chadic languages and Y haplogroups: Reply to Lancaster. Eur J Hum Genet 18:1186-1187 IF=4,225 5-Year IF=3,943 18) CRUCIANI F, TROMBETTA B, MACAULAY V, SCOZZARI R (2010) About the X-to-Y gene conversion rate. Am J Hum Genet 86: 495-497 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 19) CRUCIANI F, TROMBETTA B, SELLITTO D, MASSAIA A, DESTRO-BISOL G, WATSON E, BERAUD COLOMB E, DUGOUJON JM, MORAL P, SCOZZARI R (2010) Human Y chromosome haplogroup R-V88: a paternal genetic record of early mid Holocene trans-Saharan connections and the spread of Chadic languages. Eur J Hum Genet 18:800-807 IF=4,225 5-Year IF=3,943 20) TROMBETTA B, CRUCIANI F, UNDERHILL PA, SELLITTO D, SCOZZARI R (2010) Footprints of X-to-Y gene conversion in recent human evolution. Mol Biol Evol 27: 714-725 IF=14,308 5-Year IF=10,494 21) COIA V, BRISIGHELLI F, DONATI F, PASCALI V, BOSCHI I, LUISELLI D, BATTAGGIA C, BATINI C, TAGLIOLI L, CRUCIANI F, PAOLI G, CAPELLI C, SPEDINI G, DESTRO-BISOL G (2009) A multi-perspective view of genetic variation in Cameroon. Am J Phys Anthropol 140: 454-464 IF=2,514 5-Year IF=2,841 22) POMPEI F, CRUCIANI F, SCOZZARI R, NOVELLETTO A (2008) Phylogeography of Y chromosomal haplogroups as reporters of Neolithic and post-Neolithic population processes in the Mediterranean area. Documenta Praehistorica 35: 55-64 IF: - (no ISI) 23) CRUCIANI F, TROMBETTA B, LABUDA D, MODIANO D, TORRONI A, COSTA R, SCOZZARI R (2008) Genetic diversity patterns at the human clock gene period 2 are suggestive of population-specific positive selection. Eur J Hum Genet 16:1526-1534 IF=4,225 5-Year IF=3,943 24) CRUCIANI F, TROMBETTA B, NOVELLETTO A, SCOZZARI R. (2008) Recurrent mutation in SNPs within Y chromosome E3b (E-M215) haplogroup: A rebuttal. Am J Hum Biol 20: 614-616 IF=1,928 5-Year IF=2,160 25) HENN BM, GIGNOUX C, LIN AA, OEFNER PJ, SHEN P, SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F, TISHKOFF SA, MOUNTAIN JL AND UNDERHILL PA (2008) Y-chromosomal Evidence of a Pastoralist Migration through Tanzania to Southern Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 10693-10698 IF=9,809 5-Year IF=10,727 26) CRUCIANI F, LA FRATTA R, TROMBETTA B, SANTOLAMAZZA P, SELLITTO D, COLOMB EB, DUGOUJON JM, CRIVELLARO F, BENINCASA T, PASCONE R, MORAL P, WATSON E, MELEGH B, BARBUJANI G, FUSELLI S, VONA G, ZAGRADISNIK B, ASSUM G, BRDICKA R, KOZLOV AI, EFREMOV GD, COPPA A, NOVELLETTO A, SCOZZARI R (2007) Tracing past human male movements in northern/eastern Africa and western Eurasia: new clues from Y-chromosomal haplogroups E-M78 and J-M12. Mol Biol Evol 24: 1300-1311 IF=14,308 5-Year IF=10,494 27) KING TE, PARKIN EJ, SWINFIELD G, CRUCIANI F, SCOZZARI R, ROSA A, LIM SK, XUE Y, TYLER-SMITH C, JOBLING MA (2007) Africans in Yorkshire? The deepest-rooting clade of the Y phylogeny within an English genealogy. Eur J Hum Genet 12: 288-293 IF=4,225 5-Year IF=3,943 28) OLIVIERI A, ACHILLI A, PALA M, BATTAGLIA V, FORNARINO S, AL-ZAHERY N, SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F, BEHAR DM, DUGOUJON J-M, COUDRAY C, SANTACHIARA-BENERECETTI AS, SEMINO O, BANDELT H-J, TORRONI A (2007) Timing of a back-migration into Africa. Science 316:51-52 IF=31,477 5-Year IF=34,463 29) CRUCIANI F, LA FRATTA R, UNDERHILL PA, TORRONI A, SCOZZARI R (2006) Molecular dissection of the Y chromosome haplogroup E-M78 (E3b1a): a posteriori evaluation of a microsatellite-network-based approach through six new biallelic markers. Hum Mutat 27: 831-832 IF=5,050 5-Year IF=5,416 30) OLIVIERI A, ACHILLI A, PALA M, BATTAGLIA V, FORNARINO S, AL-ZAHERY N, SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F, BEHAR DM, DUGOUJON J-M, COUDRAY C, SANTACHIARA-BENERECETTI AS, SEMINO O, BANDELT H-J, TORRONI A (2006) The mtDNA legacy of the Levantine early Upper Palaeolithic in Africa. Science 314: 1767-1770 IF=31,477 5-Year IF=34,463 31) MACAULAY V, HILL C, ACHILLI A, RENGO C, CLARKE D, MEEHAN W, BLACKBURN J, SEMINO O, SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F, TAHA A, SHAARI NK, RAJA JM, ISMAIL P, ZAINUDDIN Z, GOODWIN W, BULBECK D, BANDELT H-J, OPPENHEIMER S, TORRONI A, RICHARDS M (2005) Tracing modern human origins. Science 309: 1995-1996 IF=31,477 5-Year IF=34,463 32) Macaulay V, Hill C, Achilli A, Rengo C, Clarke D, Meehan W, Blackburn J, Semino O, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Taha A, Shaari NK, Raja JM, Ismail P, Zainuddin Z, Goodwin W, Bulbeck D, Bandelt HJ, Oppenheimer S, Torroni A, Richards M (2005) Single, rapid coastal settlement of Asia revealed by analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes. Science 308: 1034-1036 IF=31,477 5-Year IF=34,463 33) COIA V, DESTRO-BISOL G, VERGINELLI F, BATTAGGIA C, BOSCHI I, CRUCIANI F, SPEDINI G, COMAS D, CALAFELL F (2005) mtDNA variation in North Cameroon: lack of Asian lineages and implications for back migration from Asia to sub-Saharan Africa. Am J Phys Anthropol. 128: 678-681 IF=2,514 5-Year IF=2,841 34) Achilli A, Rengo C, Magri C, Battaglia V, Olivieri A, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Zeviani M, Briem E, Carelli V, Moral P, Dugoujon JM, Roostalu U, Loogvali EL, Kivisild T, Bandelt HJ, Richards M, Villems R, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Torroni A (2004) The molecular dissection of mtDNA haplogroup H confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian glacial refuge was a major source for the European gene pool. Am J Hum Genet 75: 910-918 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 35) Fuselli S, Dupanloup I, Frigato E, Cruciani F, Scozzari R, Moral P, Sistonen J, Sajantila A, Barbujani G (2004) Molecular diversity at the CYP2D6 locus in the Mediterranean region. Eur J Hum Genet 12: 916-924 IF=4,225 5-Year IF=3,943 36) Cruciani F, La Fratta R, Santolamazza P, Sellitto D, Pascone R, Moral P, Watson E, Guida V, Beraud Colomb E, Zaharova B, Lavinha J, Vona G, Aman R, Calì F, Akar N, Richards M, Torroni A, Novelletto A, Scozzari R (2004) Phylogeographic analysis of haplogroup E3b (E-M215) Y chromosomes reveals multiple migratory events within and out of Africa. Am J Hum Genet 75: 1014-1022 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 37) Zhivotovsky LA, Underhill PA, Cinnioglu C, Kayser M, Morar B, Kivisild T, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Destro-Bisol G, Spedini G, Chambers GK, Herrera RJ, Yong KK, Gresham D, Tournev I, Feldman MW, Kalaydjieva L (2004) The effective mutation rate at Y chromosome short tandem repeats, with application to human population-divergence time. Am J Hum Genet 74: 50-61 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 38) Cruciani F*, Bernardini L, Santolamazza P, Modiano D, Torroni A, Scozzari R (2003) Linkage disequilibrium analysis of the human adenosine deaminase (ADA) gene provides evidence for a lack of correlation between hot spots of equal and unequal homologous recombination. Genomics 82: 20-33 IF=2,793 5-Year IF=2,917 39) Richards M, Rengo C, Cruciani F, Gratrix F, Wilson JF, Scozzari R, Macaulay V, Torroni A (2003) Extensive female-mediated gene flow from sub-Saharan Africa into near eastern Arab populations. Am J Hum Genet 72: 1058-1064 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 40) CRUCIANI F*, SANTOLAMAZZA P, SHEN P, MACAULAY V, MORAL P, OLCKERS A, MODIANO D, HOLMES S, DESTRO-BISOL G, COIA V, WALLACE DC, OEFNER PJ, TORRONI A, CAVALLI-SFORZA LL, SCOZZARI R, UNDERHILL PA (2002) A back migration from Asia to sub-Saharan Africa is supported by high-resolution analysis of human Y-chromosome haplotypes. Am J Hum Genet 70: 1197-1214 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 41) Torroni A, Rengo C, Guida V, Cruciani F, Sellitto D, Coppa A, Luna Calderon F, Simionati B, Valle G, Richards M, Macaulay V, Scozzari R (2001) Do the four clades of the mtDNA haplogroup L2 evolve at different rates? Am J Hum Genet 69: 1348-1356 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 42) Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Pangrazio A, Santolamazza P, Vona G, Moral P, Latini V, Varesi L, Memmi MM, Romano V, De Leo G, Gennarelli M, Jaruzelska J, Villems R, Parik J, Macaulay V, Torroni A (2001) Human Y-chromosome variation in the western Mediterranean area: implications for the peopling of the region. Hum Immunol 62: 871-884 IF=2,282 5-Year IF=2,477 43) TORRONI A, BANDELT H-J, MACAULAY V, RICHARDS M, CRUCIANI F, RENGO C, MARTINEZ-CABRERA V, et al. (2001) A signal, from human mtDNA, of postglacial recolonization of Europe. Am J Hum Genet 69: 844-852 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 44) Modiano D, Luoni G, Sirima BS, Lanfrancotti A, Petrarca V, Cruciani F, Simpore J, Ciminelli BM, Foglietta E, Grisanti P, Bianco I, Modiano G, Coluzzi M (2001) The lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria of Fulani of Burkina Faso (west Africa) is associated with low frequencies of classic malaria-resistance genes. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95: 149-152 IF=1,931 5-Year IF=2,953 46) MALASPINA P, CRUCIANI F, SANTOLAMAZZA P, TORRONI A, PANGRAZIO A, AKAR N, BAKALLI V, BRDICKA R, JARUZELSKA J, KOZLOV AI, MALYARCHUK B, MEHDI, MICHALODIMITRAKIS E, VARESI L, MEMMI MM, VONA G, VILLEMS R, PARIK J, ROMANO V, STEFAN M, STENICO M, TERRENATO L, NOVELLETTO A, SCOZZARI R. (2000) Patterns of male-specific inter-population divergence in Europe, West Asia and North Africa. Ann Hum Genet 64: 395-412 IF=1,926 5-Year IF=2,184 47) Torroni A, Cruciani F, Rengo C, Sellitto D, López-Bigas N,Rabionet R,Govea N, López de Munain A, Sarduy M, Romero L, Villamar M, del Castillo I, Moreno F, Estivill X, Scozzari R (1999) The A1555G mutation in the 12S rRNA gene of human mtDNA: Recurrent origins and founder events in families affected by sensorineural deafness. Am J Hum Genet 65: 1349–1358 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 48) Gennarelli M, Pavoni M, Cruciani F, De Stefano G, Dalla piccola B, Novelli G (1999) CTG repeats distribution and Alu insertion polymorphism at myotonic dystrophy (DM) gene in Amhara and Oromo populations of Ethiopia. Hum Genet 105: 165-167 IF=4,522 5-Year IF=4,287 49) Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Santolamazza P, Malaspina P, Torroni A, SELLITTO D, Arredi B, DESTRO-BISOL G, De Stefano G, Rickards O, Martinez-Labarga C, Modiano D, BIONDI G, Moral P, Olckers A, WALLACE DC, Novelletto A (1999) Combined use of biallelic and microsatellite Y chromosome polymorphisms to infer affinities among African populations. Am J Hum Genet 65: 829-846 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 50) Macaulay V, Richards M, Hickey E, Vega E, Cruciani F, Guida V, Scozzari R, BonnÉ-Tamir B, Sykes B, Torroni A. (1999) The emerging tree of West Eurasian mtDNAs: a synthesis of control-region sequences and RFLPs. Am J Hum Genet 64: 232-49. IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 51) Brown MD, Hosseini SH, Torroni A, Bandelt H-J, Allen JC, Schurr TG, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Wallace DC (1998) mtDNA Haplogroup X: An Ancient Link between Europe/Western Asia and North America? Am J Hum Genet 63: 1852-1861 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 52) Malaspina P, Cruciani F, Ciminelli BM, Terrenato L, Santolamazza P, Alonso A, Banyko J, Brdicka R, Garcia O, Gaudiano C, Guanti G, Kidd KK, Lavinha J, Avila M, Mandich P, Moral P, Qamar R, Mehdi SQ, Ragusa A, Stefanescu G, Caraghin M, Tyler-Smith C, Scozzari R, Novelletto A. (1998) Network analyses of Y-chromosomal types in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia reveal specific patterns of geographic distribution. Am J Hum Genet 63: 847-60 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 53) Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Malaspina P, Santolamazza P, Ciminelli B, Torroni A, Spedini G, Modiano D, Wallace DC, Olckers A, Kidd KK, Terrenato L, Akar N, Qamar R, Mansoor A, Mehdi SQ, Moral P, Meloni G, Vona G, Cole DEC, Cai W, Novelletto A. (1997) Differential structuring of human populations for homologous X and Y microsatellite loci. Am J Hum Genet 61: 719-733 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 54) Malaspina P, Ciminelli BM, Viggiano L, Jodice C, Cruciani F, Santolamazza P, Sellitto D, SCOZZARI R, TERRENATO L, ROCCHI M, NOVELLETTO A (1997) Characterization of a small family (CAIII) of microsatellite-containing sequences with X-Y homology. J Mol Evol 44: 652-659 IF=1,863 5-Year IF=2,132 55) Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Santolamazza P, Sellitto D, Cole DEC, Rubin LA, lABUDA d, mARINI e, sUCCA v, VONA G, TORRONI A (1997) mtDNA and Y chromosome-specific polymorphisms support an extensive male-mediated European gene flow in the Ojibwa. Am J Hum Genet 60: 241-244 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 56) SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F, SANTOLAMAZZA P, PARRA E, SELLITTO D, MODIANO D, MELONI G, CAI W, MORAL P (1996) Novel tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism in the human adenosine deaminase gene: interethnic comparison of three major human groups Hum Biol 68:325-330 IF=1,522 5-Year IF=1,380 57) TORRONI A, PETROZZI M, SANTOLAMAZZA P, SELLITTO D, CRUCIANI F, SCOZZARI R (1995) About the "Asian"-specific 9-bp deletion of mtDNA ... Am J Hum Genet 57: 507-508 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 58) SCOZZARI R, CRUCIANI F, SANTOLAMAZZA P, SELLITTO D, MODIANO D, CAI W (1995) Allelic association between the HUMF13A01 (AAAG)n STR locus and a nearby two-base insertion/deletion polymorphic marker. Am J Hum Genet 56: 1005-1006 IF=10,978 5-Year IF=10,781 59) CRUCIANI F, SELLITTO D, SANTOLAMAZZA P, VESPERTILLI T, LERONE M, SPEDINI G, SCOZZARI R (1994) A MspI polymorphism in the X-specific region proximal to the pseudoautosomal boundary. A new example of unique "African" marker? Hum Genet 94: 215-216 IF=4,522 5-Year IF=4,287 60) SCOZZARI R, TORRONI A, SEMINO O, CRUCIANI F, SPEDINI G, SANTACHIARA BENERECETTI A S (1994) Genetic studies in Cameroon: Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in Bamileke. Hum Biol 66: 1-12 IF=1,522 5-Year IF=1,380
(B) Book chapters:
1) Malaspina P, Cruciani F, Torroni A, Terrenato L, Novelletto A, Scozzari R (2000) Human Y-chromosomal networks and patterns of gene flow in Europe, West Asia and North Africa. In Archaeogenetics: DNA and the population prehistory of Europe. Renfrew C and Boyle K (eds.). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, UK 2) Malaspina P, Kozlov AI, Cruciani F, Santolamazza P, Akar N, Kovatchev D, Kerimova MG, Parik J, Villems R, Scozzari R, Novelletto A (2002) Analysis of Y-chromosome variation in modern populations at the European-Asian Border. In “Ancient interactions: east and west in Eurasia. Boyle K, Renfrew C and Levine M (eds.). McDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge, UK 0 0 1 2836 16171 Dipartimento Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darw 134 37 18970 14.0 96 800x600 Normal 0 14 false false false IT JA X-NONE |
| CURRENT POSITION: Associate Professor of Genetics, Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome
1991: “Laurea” with honors in Biological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome;
2015-present: Associate Professor, Genetics, Sapienza University of Rome;
LINES OF RESEARCH: Research interests mainly concern different aspects of the human genetic diversity and evolution.
BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS (July, 2017): 59 papers published in international journals (1994-2017)
He is Associate Editor for Frontiers in Genetics and Frontiers in Plant Science (Evolutionary and Population Genetics section). He reviewed national and international research grant applications. He reviewed original papers for the following international journals: Nature Communications, American Journal of Human Genetics, Genome Research, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Human Molecular Genetics, Human Mutation, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Forensic Science International Genetics, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Journal of Human Biology, Animal Genetics, Annals of Human Genetics, BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Technical notes, European Journal of Human Genetics, Journal of Human Genetics, Human Biology, Plos ONE, Journal of World Prehistory. |