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Andrea Novelletto publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea Novelletto sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 166 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Andrea Novelletto D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea Novelletto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrea Novelletto is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Specifically, Novelletto has made contributions in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Immunology, and Parasitology.

Their work covers a range of main topics including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Novelletto has published in several scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Marine Biology
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • European Journal of Protistology

Recent publications by Andrea Novelletto include:

  • Characterization of prevalence and genetic subtypes of Blastocystis sp. in wild and domestic Suidae of central Italy aided by amplicon NGS (2020, Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports)
  • New insights into the evolution of human Y chromosome palindromes through mutation and gene conversion (2021, Human Molecular Genetics)
  • PCR-based identification of thermotolerant free-living amoebae in Italian hot springs (2021, European Journal of Protistology)
  • Kinship assignment with the ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep Kit: Sources of error in simulated and real cases (2021, Science & Justice)
  • Whole mitochondrial genome sequencing provides new insights into the phylogeography of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea (2023, Marine Biology)

Throughout their career, Novelletto has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Bianca Maria Ciminelli
  • Eugenia D'Atanasio
  • Beniamino Trombetta
  • Patrizia Malaspina
  • Fulvio Cruciani

Best Publications

  • Trinucleotide repeat length instability and age of onset in Huntington's disease

    M Duyao;C Ambrose;R Myers;A Novelletto

  • Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool.

    Martin B. Richards;Martin B. Richards;Vincent Macaulay;Eileen Hickey;Emilce Vega

  • CAG repeat expansion in Huntington disease determines age at onset in a fully dominant fashion

    J.-M. Lee;E.M. Ramos;J.-H. Lee;T. Gillis

  • A Signal, from Human mtDNA, of Postglacial Recolonization in Europe

    Antonio Torroni;Antonio Torroni;Hans Jürgen Bandelt;Vincent Macaulay;Martin Richards

  • The Geographic Distribution of Human Y Chromosome Variation

    M F Hammer;A B Spurdle;T Karafet;M R Bonner

  • Phylogeographic Analysis of Haplogroup E3b (E-M215) Y Chromosomes Reveals Multiple Migratory Events Within and Out Of Africa

    Fulvio Cruciani;Roberta La Fratta;Piero Santolamazza;Daniele Sellitto

  • A predominantly neolithic origin for Y-chromosomal DNA variation in North Africa

    Barbara Arredi;Barbara Arredi;Barbara Arredi;Estella S. Poloni;Silvia Paracchini;Tatiana Zerjal

  • The Huntington's disease candidate region exhibits many different haplotypes.

    Marcy E. MacDonald;Andrea Novelletto;Carol Lin;Dan Tagle

  • Interaction of normal and expanded CAG repeat sizes influences age at onset of Huntington disease

    L. Djoussé;B. Knowlton;M. Hayden;E. W. Almqvist

  • Tracing past human male movements in northern/eastern Africa and western Eurasia: new clues from Y-chromosomal haplogroups E-M78 and J-M12.

    Fulvio Cruciani;Roberta La Fratta;Beniamino Trombetta;Piero Santolamazza

  • Reduced Penetrance of the Huntington's Disease Mutation

    Sandra M. McNeil;Andrea Novelletto;Jayalakshmi Srinidhi;Glenn Barnes

  • A Genome Scan for Modifiers of Age at Onset in Huntington Disease: The HD MAPS Study

    Jian Liang Li;Michael R. Hayden;Elisabeth W. Almqvist;Ryan R. Brinkman

  • Y chromosomal haplogroup J as a signature of the post-neolithic colonization of Europe

    F. Di Giacomo;F. Luca;L. O. Popa;N. Akar

  • The Y-Chromosome Tree Bursts into Leaf: 13,000 High-Confidence SNPs Covering the Majority of Known Clades

    Pille Hallast;Chiara Batini;Daniel Zadik;Pierpaolo Maisano Delser

  • Mutational spectrum of the succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH5A1) gene and functional analysis of 27 novel disease-causing mutations in patients with SSADH deficiency.

    Shinjiro Akaboshi;Boris M. Hogema;Boris M. Hogema;Boris M. Hogema;Andrea Novelletto;Patrizia Malaspina

  • Combined use of biallelic and microsatellite Y-chromosome polymorphisms to infer affinities among African populations

    R Scozzari;F Cruciani;P Santolamazza;P Malaspina

  • The relationship between CAG repeat length and age of onset differs for Huntington's disease patients with juvenile onset or adult onset.

    J. Michael Andresen;Javier Gayán;Luc Djoussé;Simone Roberts

  • Effect of trinucleotide repeat length and parental sex on phenotypic variation in spinocerebellar ataxia I.

    Jodice C;Malaspina P;Persichetti F;Novelletto A

  • Protection against malaria morbidity: near-fixation of the alpha-thalassemia gene in a Nepalese population.

    G. Modiano;G. Morpurgo;L. Terrenato;A. Novelletto

  • The human Y chromosome shows a low level of DNA polymorphism

    P Malaspina;F Persichetti;A Novelletto;C Iodice

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University
Marcy E. MacDonald
Marcy E. MacDonald Harvard University
Rosaria Scozzari
Rosaria Scozzari Sapienza University of Rome
Richard H. Myers
Richard H. Myers Boston University
Paola Giunti
Paola Giunti University College London
Oksana Suchowersky
Oksana Suchowersky University of Alberta
Michael R. Hayden
Michael R. Hayden University of British Columbia
Antonio Torroni
Antonio Torroni University of Pavia
Martha Nance
Martha Nance Park Nicollet Health Services
Christopher A. Ross
Christopher A. Ross Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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