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G.Allegrucci, G.Gentile, G.Riccarducci, E.Trucchi, V.Sbordoni
Several other organisms also are investigated, by using different approaches, with the aim to shed light on specific problems related to geographic patterns of diversification, often for the purposes of conservation.
Trucchi E., Allegrucci G., Riccarducci G., Aradis A., Spina F., Sbordoni V. 2011. A genetic characterization of European Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola, Charadriidae, Charadriiformes) overwintering in Italy revealed two widely divergent haplogroups. Italian Journal of Zoology. 78, 146-156.
Simaiakis, S., TjØrve, E., Gentile, G., Minelli, A., Mylonas, M. 2011. The species-area relationship of centipedes (Chilopoda; Myriapoda): a comparison between Mediterranean island groups. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105: 146-159.
Gentile, G., A.Campanaro M.Carosi, V.Sbordoni and R.Argeno. 2010. Phylogeography of Helleria brevicornis Ebner 1868 (Crustacea, Oniscidea): Old and recent differentiations of an ancient lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54: 640-646.
Gentile, G., C. Vernesi, S. Vicario, E. Pecchioli, A. Caccone, G. Bertorelle, and V.Sbordoni. 2009. Mitochondrial DNA variation in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Italy: evidence of admixture in one of the last population of C.c.italicus from central-southern Italy. Italian Journal of Zoology, 76: 16-27.
Marshall, J.C., Pinto, J., Charlwood J.D., Gentile, G., Santolamazza F., Simard F., Della Torre A., Donnelly M.J., and Caccone, A. 2008. Exploring the origin and degree of genetic isolation of Anopheles gambiae from the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe: implications for testing transgenic-based vector control. Evolutionary Applications, 1: 631-644.
Pinto, J., A. Lynd, J.L. Vicente, F. Santolamazza, N.P. Randle, G. Gentile, M. Moreno, F. Simard, J.D. Charlwood, A. Caccone, A. Della Torre and M. J. Donnelly. 2007. Multiple origin of knockdown resistance in the Afrotropical mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae. PLoS ONE 2(11): e1243.
Bertorelle, G., C. Vernesi, B. Crestanello, F. Visentini, S. Mantovani, L. Mirimin, G. Gentile, S. Mazzotti, and B. Livoreil. 2006. Genetic variation in Testudo hermanni, with implications for conservation strategies. Chelonii, 4: 227-231.
Pinto, J., A. Lynd, N. Elissa, M. J. Donnelly, C. Costa, G. Gentile, A. Caccone, and V. E. Do Rosàrio. 2006. Co-occurrence of East and West African kdr mutations suggests high levels of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Anopheles gambiae from Libreville, Gabon. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 20: 27-32.
Gentile, G. and R. Argano. 2005. Island biogeography of the Mediterranean Sea: the species-area relationship for terrestrial isopods faunas. Journal of Biogeography, 32 (10):1715-1726.
Caccone, A, G. Gentile, C. Burns, E. Sezzi, W. Bergman, M. Ruelle, K. Saltonstall and J.R. Powell. 2004. Estreme difference in rate of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evolution in a large ectotherm, Galápagos tortoises. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31:794-798.
Gentile, G. and S.M. Sarbu. 2004. Trophic sources partition and population genetic structure of the isopod Androniscus dentiger from a chemoautotrophy based underground ecosystem. Subterranean Biology, 2:7-14.
Gentile,G., F. Santolamazza, C. Fanello, F. Petrarca, A. Caccone and A. Della Torre. 2004. Variation in an intron sequence of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene correlates with genetic differentiation between Anopheles gambiae s.s. molecular forms. Insect Molecular Biology, 13 (4):371-377.