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Davide Pisani is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research portfolio spans several areas in biological and molecular sciences, with a significant focus on genomics, phylogenetics, and evolutionary studies. Pisani's work integrates multidisciplinary approaches to explore the genetic and evolutionary mechanisms that underlie biodiversity and organismal history.

The main fields of study for Pisani include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader domains, the scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, and Genetics.

Key topics addressed in Pisani's research encompass:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

The scientist's publication record features articles in a variety of notable venues. Frequent publication sites include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Current Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Recent papers by Davide Pisani illustrate the scope and diversity of their research:

  • "The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system," 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles," 2022, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Eukaryogenesis and oxygen in Earth history," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The evolution of insect biodiversity," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Spectral Diversification and Trans-Species Allelic Polymorphism during the Land-to-Sea Transition in Snakes," 2020, Current Biology

Davide Pisani has collaborated regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Philip C. J. Donoghue
  • Edmund R. R. Moody
  • Mattia Giacomelli
  • Gergely J. Szöllősi
  • Tom A. Williams

Best Publications

  • The Cambrian conundrum: Early divergence and later ecological success in the early history of animals

    Douglas H. Erwin;Douglas H. Erwin;Marc Laflamme;Sarah M. Tweedt;Sarah M. Tweedt;Erik A. Sperling

  • The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral Embryophyte

    Mark N. Puttick;Mark N. Puttick;Jennifer L. Morris;Jennifer L. Morris;Tom A. Williams;Cymon J. Cox

  • Integrated genomic and fossil evidence illuminates life's early evolution and eukaryote origin.

    Holly C. Betts;Mark N. Puttick;Mark N. Puttick;James W. Clark;Tom A. Williams

  • Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution

    Graeme T Lloyd;Katie E Davis;Davide Pisani;James E Tarver

  • Molecular timetrees reveal a Cambrian colonization of land and a new scenario for ecdysozoan evolution.

    Omar Rota-Stabelli;Allison C. Daley;Allison C. Daley;Davide Pisani;Davide Pisani

  • Genomic data do not support comb jellies as the sister group to all other animals

    Davide Pisani;Walker Pett;Martin Dohrmann;Roberto Feuda

  • The Ediacaran emergence of bilaterians: congruence between the genetic and the geological fossil records

    Kevin J Peterson;James A Cotton;James G Gehling;Davide Pisani

  • Early photosynthetic eukaryotes inhabited low-salinity habitats

    Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo;John A. Raven;Davide Pisani;Andrew H. Knoll

  • Improved Modeling of Compositional Heterogeneity Supports Sponges as Sister to All Other Animals.

    Roberto Feuda;Martin Dohrmann;Walker Pett;Hervé Philippe

  • A congruent solution to arthropod phylogeny: phylogenomics, microRNAs and morphology support monophyletic Mandibulata

    Omar Rota-Stabelli;Omar Rota-Stabelli;Lahcen I Campbell;Henner Brinkmann;Gregory D Edgecombe

  • The colonization of land by animals: molecular phylogeny and divergence times among arthropods

    Davide Pisani;Laura L Poling;Laura L Poling;Maureen Lyons-Weiler;Maureen Lyons-Weiler;S B Hedges

  • MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda

    Lahcen I. Campbell;Omar Rota-Stabelli;Gregory D. Edgecombe;Trevor Marchioro

  • Poriferan paraphyly and its implications for Precambrian palaeobiology

    E. A. Sperling;D. Pisani;K. J. Peterson

  • The interrelationships of placental mammals and the limits of phylogenetic inference

    James E Tarver;Mario dos Reis;Siavash Mirarab;Raymond J. J Moran

  • Supertrees Disentangle the Chimerical Origin of Eukaryotic Genomes

    Davide Pisani;James A. Cotton;James O. McInerney

  • Metazoan opsin evolution reveals a simple route to animal vision

    Roberto Feuda;Sinead C. Hamilton;James O. McInerney;Davide Pisani

  • Bayesian Methods Outperform Parsimony but at the Expense of Precision in the Estimation of Phylogeny From Discrete Morphological Data

    Joseph E. O'Reilly;Mark N. Puttick;Luke Parry;Alastair R. Tanner

  • Where's the glass? Biomarkers, molecular clocks, and microRNAs suggest a 200‐Myr missing Precambrian fossil record of siliceous sponge spicules

    Erik A Sperling;J M Robinson;Davide Pisani;Kevin J Peterson

  • Testing the Molecular Clock: Molecular and Paleontological Estimates of Divergence Times in the Echinoidea (Echinodermata)

    Andrew B. Smith;Davide Pisani;Jacqueline A. Mackenzie-Dodds;Bruce Stockley

  • Phylogenetic-signal dissection of nuclear housekeeping genes supports the paraphyly of sponges and the monophyly of Eumetazoa.

    Erik A. Sperling;Erik A. Sperling;Kevin J. Peterson;Davide Pisani

  • Ecdysozoan Mitogenomics: Evidence for a Common Origin of the Legged Invertebrates, the Panarthropoda

    Omar Rota-Stabelli;Ehsan Kayal;Dianne Gleeson;Jennifer Daub

  • Linking Genomics and Ecology to Investigate the Complex Evolution of an Invasive Drosophila Pest

    Lino Ometto;Alessandro Cestaro;Sukanya Ramasamy;Alberto Grassi

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip C. J. Donoghue
Philip C. J. Donoghue University of Bristol
Kevin J. Peterson
Kevin J. Peterson Dartmouth College
James O. McInerney
James O. McInerney University of Nottingham
Hervé Philippe
Hervé Philippe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jakob Vinther
Jakob Vinther University of Bristol
Erik A. Sperling
Erik A. Sperling Stanford University
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Gregory D. Edgecombe Natural History Museum
James Cotton
James Cotton University of Glasgow
Simon R. Harris
Simon R. Harris Wellcome Sanger Institute
Maximilian J. Telford
Maximilian J. Telford University College London

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