Comparative genomics of Hox and ParaHox genes among major lineages of Branchiopoda with emphasis on tadpole shrimps. Filippo Nicolini, Jacopo Martelossi, Giobbe Forni, Castrense Savojardo, Barbara Mantovani, Andrea Luchetti. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Wood feeding and social living: Draft genome of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea; Termitoidae). Jacopo Martelossi, Giobbe Forni, Mariangela Iannello, Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Barbara Mantovani, Andrea Luchetti and Omar Rota‐Stabelli. Insect Molecular Biology.

Multiple and diversified transposon lineages contribute to early and recent bivalve genome evolution. Jacopo Martelossi, Filippo Nicolini, Simone Subacchi, Daniela Pasquale, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Andrea Luchetti. BMC Biology

A soil fungus confers plant resistance against a phytophagous insect by disrupting the symbiotic role of its gut microbiota. Ilaria Di Lelio, Giobbe Forni, Giulia Magoga, Matteo Brunetti, Daniele Bruno, Andrea Becchimanzi, Maria G De Luca, Martina Sinno, Eleonora Barra, Marco Bonelli, Sarah Frusciante, Gianfranco Diretto, Maria C Digilio, Sheridan L Woo, Gianluca Tettamanti, Rosa Rao, Matteo Lorito, Morena Casartelli, Matteo Montagna, Francesco Pennacchio. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Molecular systematics and phylogenetics of the spider genus Mastigusa Menge, 1854 (Araneae, Cybaeidae). Filippo Castellucci, Nikolaj Scharff, Andrea Luchetti. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Germline-related molecular phenotype in Metazoa: conservation and innovation highlighted by comparative transcriptomics. Giovanni Piccinini, Liliana Milani. EvoDevo

Taxonomic revision of the Australian stick insect genus Candovia (Phasmida: Necrosciinae): insight from molecular systematics and species-delimitation approaches. Giobbe Forni, Alex Cussigh, Paul D Brock, Braxton R Jones, Filippo Nicolini, Jacopo Martelossi, Andrea Luchetti and Barbara Mantovani. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

In the Sea of Japan and the Adriatic Sea, a COX1 DNA test revealed genetic similarity of Manila clams, although shell parameters, spermatogenesis patterns, and sperm characteristics are area specific. Arkadiy Reunov, Evegenia Vekhova, Liliana Milani, Giovanni Piccinini, Mariangela Iannello, Yana Alexandrova, Yulia Reunova, Evgeny Zakharov, Anna Akhmadieva, Eugenia Pimenova. Biologia

Macroevolutionary analyses provide new evidence of phasmid wings evolution as a reversible process. Giobbe Forni, Jacopo Martelossi, Pablo Valero, Frank H Hennemann, Oskar Conle, Andrea Luchetti, Barbara Mantovani. Systematic Biology.

Gene transcriptional profiles in gonads of Bacillus taxa (Phasmida) with different cytological mechanisms of automictic parthenogenesis. Giobbe Forni, Alexander S Mikheyev, Andrea Luchetti and Barbara Mantovani. Zoological Letters.

Lack of transcriptional coordination between mitochondrial and nuclear oxidative phosphorylation genes in the presence of two divergent mitochondrial genomes. Ran Xu, Mariangela Iannello, Justin C Havird, Liliana Milani, Fabrizio Ghiselli. Zoological Research 

A new trans-Ionian spider species for the Italian fauna: Habrocestum graecum Dalmas, 1920 (Araneae, Salticidae). Filippo Castellucci, Monica Caroli, Enrico Simeon, Alessandro Kulczycki, Andrea Piccinini, Andrea Luchetti, Carlo Maria Legittimo. Biogeographia–The Journal of Integrative Biogeography

Exploring mitogenome evolution in Branchiopoda (Crustacea) lineages reveals gene order rearrangements in Cladocera. Filippo Castellucci, Andrea Luchetti, Barbara Mantovani. Scientific Reports 

Immunolocalization of Vasa, PIWI, and TDRKH proteins in male germ cells during spermatogenesis of the teleost fish Poecilia reticulata. Liliana Milani, Federica Cinelli, Mariangela Iannello, Valeria Franceschini, Maria Gabriella Maurizii. Acta Histochemica

Multi-tissue RNA-Seq analysis and long-read-based genome assembly reveal complex sex-specific gene regulation and molecular evolution in the Manila clam. Ran Xu, Jacopo Martelossi, Morgan Smits, Mariangela Iannello, Luca Peruzza, Massimiliano Babbucci, Massimo Milan, Joseph P Dunham, Sophie Breton, Liliana Milani, Sergey V Nuzhdin, Luca Bargelloni, Marco Passamonti, Fabrizio Ghiselli. Genome Biology and Evolution

Repeat age decomposition informs an ancient set of repeats associated with coleoid cephalopod divergence. Alba Marino, Alena Kizenko, Wai Yee Wong, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Oleg Simakov. Frontiers in Genetics

Response of Olfactory Sensory Neurons to Mercury Ions in Zebrafish: An Immunohistochemical Study. Maurizio Lazzari, Simone Bettini, Liliana Milani, Maria G Maurizii, Valeria Franceschini. Microscopy and Microanalysis

New association between red wood ant species (Formica rufa group) and the myrmecophilic spiders Mastigusa arietina and Thyreosthenius biovatus. Filippo Castellucci, Enrico Schifani, Andrea Luchetti, Nikolaj Scharff. Bulletin of Insectology

Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Enrico Schifani, Daniele Giannetti, Sándor Csősz, Filippo Castellucci, Andrea Luchetti, Cristina Castracani, Fiorenza A. Spotti, Alessandra Mori, Donato A. Grasso. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

A naturally heteroplasmic clam provides clues about the effects of genetic bottleneck on paternal mtDNA. Mariangela Iannello, Stefano Bettinazzi, Sophie Breton, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Liliana Milani. Genome biology and evolution

BASE: A novel workflow to integrate nonubiquitous genes in comparative genomics analyses for selection. Giobbe Forni, Angelo Alberto Ruggieri, Giovanni Piccinini, Andrea Luchetti. Ecology and Evolution

Comparative genomics of tadpole shrimps (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Notostraca): Dynamic genome evolution against the backdrop of morphological stasis. Andrea Luchetti, Giobbe Forni, Jacopo Martelossi, Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Alyza M Skaist, Sarah J Wheelan, Barbara Mantovani. Genomics

Mitonuclear Coevolution, but Not Nuclear Compensation, Drives Evolution of OXPHOS Complexes in Bivalves. Giovanni Piccinini, Mariangela Iannello, Guglielmo Puccio, Federico Plazzi, Justin C Havird, Fabrizio Ghiselli. Molecular Biology and Evolution

Phylomitogenomics provides new perspectives on the Euphasmatodea radiation (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Giobbe Forni, Federico Plazzi, Alex Cussigh, Oskar Conle, Frank Hennemann, Andrea Luchetti, Barbara Mantovani. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

Relaxed selection on male mitochondrial genes in DUI bivalves eases the need for mitonuclear coevolution. Gerald P Maeda, Mariangela Iannello, Hunter J McConie, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Justin C Havird. Journal of evolutionary biology

Long‐lasting effects of chronic exposure to chemical pollution on the hologenome of the Manila clam. Mariangela Iannello, Marica Mezzelani, Giulia Dalla Rovere, Morgan Smits, Tomaso Patarnello, Claudio Ciofi, Lisa Carraro, Luciano Boffo, Serena Ferraresso, Massimiliano Babbucci, Sandro Mazzariol, Cinzia Centelleghe, Barbara Cardazzo, Claudio Carrer, Maurizio Varagnolo, Alessandro Nardi, Lucia Pittura, Maura Benedetti, Daniele Fattorini, Francesco Regoli, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Stefania Gorbi, Luca Bargelloni, Massimo Milan. Evolutionary Applications 

Bivalve molluscs as model systems for studying mitochondrial biology. Fabrizio Ghiselli, Mariangela Iannello, Giovanni Piccinini, Liliana Milani. Integrative and Comparative Biology

Early germline differentiation in bivalves: TDRD7 as a candidate investigational unit for Ruditapes philippinarum germ granule assembly. Beatrice Filanti, Giovanni Piccinini, Simone Bettini, Maurizio Lazzari, Valeria Franceschini, Maria Gabriella Maurizii, Liliana Milani. Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Mitochondrial short-term plastic responses and long-term evolutionary dynamics in animal species. Sophie Breton, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Liliana Milani. Genome Biology and Evolution

Molluscan mitochondrial genomes break the rules. Fabrizio Ghiselli, André Gomes-dos-Santos, Coen M Adema, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Joel Sharbrough, Jeffrey L Boore. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

The complete mitogenome of the European mantis, Mantis religiosa, from Italy: implications for the origin of North American mantis population. Andrea Luchetti, Lino Ometto, Omar Rota-Stabelli. Bulletin of Insectology

Mitochondrial genomic landscape: a portrait of the mitochondrial genome 40 years after the first complete sequence. Alessandro Formaggioni, Andrea Luchetti, Federico Plazzi. Life

Bioenergetic consequences of sex-specific mitochondrial DNA evolution. Stefano Bettinazzi, Liliana Milani, Pierre U Blier, Sophie Breton. Proceedings of the Royal Society B

VASA-induced cytoplasmic localization of CYTB-positive mitochondrial substance occurs by destructive and nondestructive mitochondrial effusion, respectively, in early and late spermatogenic cells of the Manila clam. Arkadiy Reunov, Yana Alexandrova, Alina Komkova, Yulia Reunova, Evgenia Pimenova, Evgenia Vekhova, Liliana Milani. Protoplasma

Faraway, so close. The comparative method and the potential of non-model animals in mitochondrial research. Liliana Milani, Fabrizio Ghiselli. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 

Linking paternally inherited mtDNA variants and sperm performance. Stefano Bettinazzi, Sugahendni Nadarajah, Andréanne Dalpé, Liliana Milani, Pierre U Blier, Sophie Breton. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Linking the mitochondrial genotype to phenotype: a complex endeavour. Fabrizio Ghiselli, Liliana Milani. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

The puzzling taxonomic rank of Pijnackeria hispanica, a chimerical hybrid androgen (Insecta, Phasmida). Liliana MIlani, Valerio Scali, Elisabetta Punzi, Andrea Luchetti, Fabrizio Ghiselli. Organisms Diversity & Evolution

Two aggressive neighbours living peacefully: the nesting association between a stingless bee and the bullet ant. Alessandra Bordoni, G Mocilnik, Giobbe Forni, Mirko Bercigli, Carlos Daniel Vecco-Giove, Andrea Luchetti, Stefano Turilazzi, Leonardo Dapporto, Marco Marconi. Insectes Sociaux

Complete mitochondrial genomes from transcriptomes: assessing pros and cons of data mining for assembling new mitogenomes. Giobbe Forni, Guglielmo Puccio, Thomas Bourguignon, Theodore Evans, Barbara Mantovani, Omar Rota-Stabelli, Andrea Luchetti. Scientific reports 

Beyond the powerhouse: integrating mitonuclear evolution, physiology, and theory in comparative biology. Justin C Havird, Ryan J Weaver, Liliana Milani, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Ryan Greenway, Adam J Ramsey, Ana G Jimenez, Damian K Dowling, Wendy R Hood, Kristi L Montooth, Suzanne Estes, Patricia M Schulte, Inna M Sokolova, Geoffrey E Hill. Integrative and comparative biology

Metabolic remodelling associated with mtDNA: insights into the adaptive value of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria. Stefano Bettinazzi, Enrique Rodríguez, Liliana Milani, Pierre U Blier, Sophie Breton. Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Natural heteroplasmy and mitochondrial inheritance in bivalve molluscs. Fabrizio Ghiselli, Maria Gabriella Maurizii, Arkadiy Reunov, Helena Ariño-Bassols, Carmine Cifaldi, Andrea Pecci, Yana Alexandrova, Simone Bettini, Marco Passamonti, Valeria Franceschini, Liliana Milani. Integrative and Comparative Biology

The dynamics of mito‐nuclear coevolution: A perspective from bivalve species with two different mechanisms of mitochondrial inheritance. Mariangela Iannello, Guglielmo Puccio, Giovanni Piccinini, Marco Passamonti, Fabrizio Ghiselli. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 

Successful invasions of short internally deleted elements (SIDEs) and its partner CR1 in Lepidoptera insects. Ping-Lan Wang, Andrea Luchetti, Angelo Alberto Ruggieri, Xiao-Min Xiong, Min-Rui-Xuan Xu, Xiao-Gu Zhang, Hua-Hao Zhang. Genome Biology and Evolution

Mitochondrial genome diversity and evolution in Branchiopoda (Crustacea). Andrea Luchetti, Giobbe Forni, Alyza M Skaist, Sarah J Wheelan, Barbara Mantovani. Zoological Letters 

Draft genomes and genomic divergence of two Lepidurus tadpole shrimp species (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Notostraca). Castrense Savojardo, Andrea Luchetti, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Barbara Mantovani. Molecular ecology resources 

Terminal-Repeat Retrotransposons in Miniature (TRIMs) in bivalves. Eva Šatović, Andrea Luchetti, Juan J Pasantes, Daniel García-Souto, Andrea Cedilak, Barbara Mantovani, Miroslav Plohl. Scientific Reports

Riding the wave: the SINE-specific V highly conserved domain spread into mammalian genomes exploiting the replication burst of MER6 DNA transposon. Andrea Luchetti, Mariana Lomiento, Barbara Mantovani. International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Germ plasm provides clues on meiosis: the concerted action of germ plasm granules and mitochondria in gametogenesis of the clam Ruditapes philippinarum. Arkadiy Reunov, Yana Alexandrova, Yulia Reunova, Alina Komkova, Liliana Milani. Zygote