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, Forni D, Cáceres M, Bresolin N, Clerici M and Sironi M
    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, Bouchier C, Casanova J-L, Barreiro LB and Quintana-Murci L
    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 and 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 and 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 and 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, Novák P, Chase MW and Leitch AR
    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 and 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 and 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, Pozzoli U, Forni D, Caputo D, Asselta R, Biasin M, Paraboschi EM, Bresolin N, Clerici M and Sironi M
    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, Bresolin N, Clerici M and Sironi M
    Evolution, Wiley 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 and 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, Ardizzone S, Zanzottera M, Bolognesi E, Riva S, Kanari Y, Miyazawa M and Clerici M
    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 and 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 and Breuer J
    Epidemics vol. 3 (1), 12-18.  
    01-03-2011
  • Gene Duplication and Ectopic Gene Conversion in Drosophila
    Arguello JR and 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 and 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 and Nichols RA
    Plos One vol. 6 (5) 
    01-01-2011