Publications

 
  • Variants in SNAP25 are targets of natural selection and influence verbal performances in women
    Cagliani R Riva S Marino C Fumagalli M D’Angelo MG Riva V Comi GP Pozzoli U et al.
    Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Springer Nature vol. 69 (10), 1705-1715.  
    23-12-2011
  • Evolutionary genetic dissection of human interferons
    Manry J Laval G Patin E Fornarino S Itan Y Fumagalli M Sironi M Tichit M et al.
    Journal of Experimental Medicine, Rockefeller University Press vol. 208 (13), 2747-2759.  
    12-12-2011
  • Correction: Signatures of Environmental Genetic Adaptation Pinpoint Pathogens as the Main Selective Pressure through Human Evolution
    Fumagalli M Sironi M Pozzoli U Ferrer-Admetlla A Pattini L Nielsen R
    Plos Genetics, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 7 (11) 
    21-11-2011
  • Signatures of Environmental Genetic Adaptation Pinpoint Pathogens as the Main Selective Pressure through Human Evolution
    Fumagalli M Sironi M Pozzoli U Ferrer-Admettla A Pattini L Nielsen R
    Plos Genetics, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 7 (11) 
    01-11-2011
  • CRIP1a switches cannabinoid receptor agonist/antagonist-mediated protection from glutamate excitotoxicity
    Stauffer B Wallis KT Wilson SP Egertova M Elphick MR Lewis DL Hardy LR
    Neurosci Lett vol. 503 (3), 224-228.  
    10-10-2011
  • Next generation sequencing reveals genome downsizing in allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum, predominantly through the elimination of paternally derived repetitive DNAs.
    Renny-Byfield S Chester M Kovařík A Le Comber SC Grandbastien M-A Deloger M Nichols RA Macas J et al.
    Mol Biol Evol vol. 28 (10), 2843-2854.  
    01-10-2011
  • Predictions of single-nucleotide polymorphism differentiation between two populations in terms of mutual information.
    Dewar RC Sherwin WB Thomas E Holleley CE Nichols RA
    Mol Ecol vol. 20 (15), 3156-3166.  
    01-08-2011
  • Stops making sense: translational trade-offs and stop codon reassignment.
    Johnson LJ Cotton JA Lichtenstein CP Elgar GS Nichols RA Polly PD Le Comber SC
    Bmc Evol Biol vol. 11 
    29-07-2011
  • Identification of a new susceptibility variant for multiple sclerosis in OAS1 by population genetics analysis
    Cagliani R Fumagalli M Guerini FR Riva S Galimberti D Comi GP Agliardi C Scarpini E et al.
    Human Genetics, Springer Nature vol. 131 (1), 87-97.  
    07-07-2011
  • A POSITIVELY SELECTED APOBEC3H HAPLOTYPE IS ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL RESISTANCE TO HIV‐1 INFECTION
    Cagliani R Riva S Fumagalli M Biasin M Caputo SL Mazzotta F Piacentini L Pozzoli U et al.
    Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 65 (11), 3311-3322.  
    28-06-2011
  • Balancing selection is common in the extended MHC region but most alleles with opposite risk profile for autoimmune diseases are neutrally evolving
    Cagliani R Riva S Pozzoli U Fumagalli M Comi GP Bresolin N Clerici M Sironi M
    Bmc Ecology and Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 11 (1) 
    17-06-2011
  • An Evolutionary Analysis of RAC2 Identifies Haplotypes Associated with Human Autoimmune Diseases
    Sironi M Guerini FR Agliardi C Biasin M Cagliani R Fumagalli M Caputo D Cassinotti A et al.
    Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 28 (12), 3319-3329.  
    16-06-2011
  • Population diversity in batches of the varicella Oka vaccine
    Kanda RK Quinlivan ML Gershon AA Nichols RA Breuer J
    Vaccine vol. 29 (17), 3293-3298.  
    12-04-2011
  • Household size is critical to varicella-zoster virus transmission in the tropics despite lower viral infectivity.
    Nichols RA Averbeck KT Poulsen AG al Bassam MM Cabral F Aaby P Breuer J
    Epidemics vol. 3 (1), 12-18.  
    01-03-2011
  • Gene Duplication and Ectopic Gene Conversion in Drosophila
    Arguello JR Connallon T
    Genes, Mdpi vol. 2 (1), 131-151.  
    11-02-2011
  • Induced dispersal in wildlife management: experimental evaluation of the risk of hybrid breakdown and the benefit of hybrid vigor in the F1 generation
    Holleley CE Nichols RA Whitehead MR Gunn MR Gupta J Sherwin WB
    Conserv Genet vol. 12 (1), 31-40.  
    01-02-2011
  • Phylogenetic relationships in Pterodroma petrels are obscured by recent secondary contact and hybridization.
    Brown RM Jordan WC Faulkes CG Jones CG Bugoni L Tatayah V Palma RL Nichols RA
    Plos One vol. 6 (5) 
    01-01-2011