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Ecology and Evolution

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76
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National Ranking
20

Genetics

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74
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1981
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21

Overview

Ettore Randi is affiliated with Aalborg University in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Within these main fields, their work focuses on subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Food Science, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research topics are diverse, covering aspects of genetic diversity and population structure, wildlife ecology and conservation, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, identification and quantification in food, animal diversity and health studies, ecology and biodiversity studies, and human-animal interaction studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • BMC Genomics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Genetics Selection Evolution

Collaborations have been a notable part of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Marco Galaverni (7 publications)
  • Federica Mattucci (6 publications)
  • Romolo Caniglia (6 publications)
  • Carsten Nowak (5 publications)
  • Berardino Cocchiararo (5 publications)

Recent papers by Ettore Randi demonstrate a strong focus on wildlife genetics and conservation genomics. These include:

  • Applying genomic data in wildlife monitoring: Development guidelines for genotyping degraded samples with reduced single nucleotide polymorphism panels, 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • The climatic and genetic heritage of Italian goat breeds with genomic SNP data, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • VarGoats project: a dataset of 1159 whole-genome sequences to dissect Capra hircus global diversity, 2021, Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Reliable wolf-dog hybrid detection in Europe using a reduced SNP panel developed for non-invasively collected samples, 2021, BMC Genomics
  • Next-generation phylogeography resolves post-glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe, 2021, Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide SNP and haplotype analyses reveal a rich history underlying dog domestication

    Bridgett M. Vonholdt;John P. Pollinger;Kirk E. Lohmueller;Eunjung Han

  • Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

    Jonas K Eriksson;Greger Larson;Ulrika Gunnarsson;Bertrand Bed’hom

  • Molecular and Evolutionary History of Melanism in North American Gray Wolves

    Tovi M. Anderson;Bridgett M. vonHoldt;Sophie I. Candille;Marco Musiani

  • Detecting hybridization between wild species and their domesticated relatives

    Ettore Randi

  • A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids

    Bridgett M. vonHoldt;John P. Pollinger;Dent A. Earl;James C. Knowles

  • Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania.

    Greger Larson;Greger Larson;Thomas Cucchi;Masakatsu Fujita;Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith

  • Noninvasive molecular tracking of colonizing wolf (Canis lupus) packs in the western Italian Alps.

    V. Lucchini;E. Fabbri;F. Marucco;S. Ricci

  • Organization and Evolution of the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region in the Avian Genus Alectoris

    Ettore Randi;Vittorio Lucchini

  • The mitochondrial control region of Cervidae: evolutionary patterns and phylogenetic content.

    E Douzery;E Randi

  • Detecting rare introgression of domestic dog genes into wild wolf ( Canis lupus ) populations by Bayesian admixture analyses of microsatellite variation

    Ettore Randi;Vittorio Lucchini

  • Genetic distinction of wildcat ( Felis silvestris ) populations in Europe, and hybridization with domestic cats in Hungary

    M. Pierpaoli;Z. S. Birò;M. Herrmann;K. Hupe

  • Mitochondrial DNA Variability in Italian and East European Wolves: Detecting the Consequences of Small Population Size and Hybridization

    Ettore Randi;Vittorio Lucchini;Mads Fjeldsø Christensen;Nadia Mucci

  • Genetic Identification of Wild and Domestic Cats (Felis silvestris) and Their Hybrids Using Bayesian Clustering Methods

    Ettore Randi;Massimo Pierpaoli;Mark Beaumont;Bernardino Ragni

  • From the Apennines to the Alps: colonization genetics of the naturally expanding Italian wolf (Canis lupus) population

    Elena Fabbri;Christian Miquel;Vittorio Lucchini;Alberto Santini

  • Species distinction and evolutionary relationships of the Italian hare (Lepus corsicanus) as described by mitochondrial DNA sequencing

    M. Pierpaoli;F. Riga;V. Trocchi;E. Randi

  • Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data

    Timothy M. Crowe;Timothy M. Crowe;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Paulette Bloomer;Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana

  • Bayesian analyses of admixture in wild and domestic cats (Felis silvestris) using linked microsatellite loci.

    R. Lecis;M. Pierpaoli;Z. S. Birò;L. Szemethy

  • Detecting introgressive hybridization between free‐ranging domestic dogs and wild wolves (Canis lupus) by admixture linkage disequilibrium analysis

    A. Verardi;V. Lucchini;E. Randi

  • Wolf population genetics in Europe: a systematic review, meta-analysis and suggestions for conservation and management

    Maris Hindrikson;Jaanus Remm;Malgorzata Pilot;Raquel Godinho

  • The power of genetic monitoring for studying demography, ecology and genetics of a reintroduced brown bear population

    M. De Barba;L. P. Waits;E. O. Garton;P. Genovesi

  • A mitochondrial DNA control region phylogeny of the Cervinae: speciation in Cervus and implications for conservation

    Ettore Randi;Nadia Mucci;Françoise Claro-Hergueta;Amélie Bonnet

Frequent Co-Authors

Cino Pertoldi
Cino Pertoldi Aalborg University
Elena Fabbri
Elena Fabbri University of Bologna
Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
Raquel Godinho
Raquel Godinho University of Porto
Johan Michaux
Johan Michaux University of Liège
Luigi Boitani
Luigi Boitani Sapienza University of Rome
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
Elaine A. Ostrander
Elaine A. Ostrander National Institutes of Health
Leslie A. Lyons
Leslie A. Lyons University of Missouri

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