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Giacomo Bernardi is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly in Identification and Quantification in Food, Genetic diversity and population structure, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Giacomo Bernardi include:

  • Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as stepping stones for dispersal and diversification, 2021, Coral Reefs
  • Upwelling-level acidification and pH/pCO2 variability moderate effects of ocean acidification on brain gene expression in the temperate surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • Phylogeography of the banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus, indicates high connectivity between biogeographic provinces and ecosystems in the western Atlantic, 2020, Neotropical Ichthyology
  • Haplotype network branch diversity, a new metric combining genetic and topological diversity to compare the complexity of haplotype networks, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Distinct patterns of hybridization across a suture zone in a coral reef fish (Dascyllus trimaculatus), 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Frequent coauthors working with Bernardi include:

  • Remy Gatins
  • May B. Roberts
  • Merly Escalona
  • Daniel B Wright
  • H. Bradley Shaffer

Their research has been published in several venues with multiple contributions to the following journals:

  • Journal of Heredity
  • Coral Reefs
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Biological Invasions

Best Publications

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution

    S. R. Floeter;S. R. Floeter;L. A. Rocha;D. R. Robertson;J. C. Joyeux

  • Compositional constraints and genome evolution

    Giorgio Bernardi;Giacomo Bernardi

  • Herbivory, Connectivity, and Ecosystem Resilience: Response of a Coral Reef to a Large-Scale Perturbation

    Thomas C. Adam;Russell J. Schmitt;Sally J. Holbrook;Andrew J. Brooks

  • VICARIANCE AND DISPERSAL ACROSS BAJA CALIFORNIA IN DISJUNCT MARINE FISH POPULATIONS

    Giacomo Bernardi;Lloyd Findley;Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  • Reductions in the mitochondrial DNA diversity of coral reef fish provide evidence of population bottlenecks resulting from Holocene sea-level change.

    C. Fauvelot;G. Bernardi;S. Planes;S. Planes

  • Island biogeography of marine organisms

    Hudson T. Pinheiro;Giacomo Bernardi;Thiony Simon;Jean-Christophe Joyeux

  • STRONG GENETIC DIVERGENCE AMONG POPULATIONS OF A MARINE FISH WITH LIMITED DISPERSAL, ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS , WITHIN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND THE CORAL SEA

    S. Planes;P. J. Doherty;G. Bernardi

  • Compositional Patterns in Vertebrate Genomes: Conservation and Change in Evolution

    Giorgio Bernardi;Dominique Mouchiroud;Christian Gautier;Giacomo Bernardi

  • Barriers to gene flow in Embiotoca jacksoni, a marine fish lacking a pelagic larval stage.

    Giacomo Bernardi

  • Historical colonization and demography of the Mediterranean damselfish, Chromis chromis

    Vera dos Santos Domingues;Vera dos Santos Domingues;Giuseppe Bucciarelli;Giuseppe Bucciarelli;Vítor Carvalho Almada;Giacomo Bernardi

  • Genetic bottlenecks and successful biological invasions: the case of a recent Lessepsian migrant.

    Daniel Golani;Ernesto Azzurro;Maria Corsini-Foka;Manuela Falautano

  • Codon usage and genome composition

    Giacomo Bernardi;Giorgio Bernardi

  • Evolution of coral reef fish Thalassoma spp. (Labridae). 1. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography

    G. Bernardi;G. Bucciarelli;D. Costagliola;D. R. Robertson

  • Chromosome banding and genome compartmentalization in fishes

    Leandro Medrano;Giacomo Bernardi;Jérome Couturier;Bernard Dutrillaux

  • Compositional patterns in the nuclear genome of cold-blooded vertebrates.

    Giacomo Bernardi;Giorgio Bernardi

  • Larger female fish contribute disproportionately more to self-replenishment.

    R. Beldade;S. J. Holbrook;R. J. Schmitt;Serge Planes

  • Marine invasion genetics: from spatio-temporal patterns to evolutionary outcomes

    Marc Rius;Xavier Turon;Giacomo Bernardi;Filip A. M. Volckaert

  • Mechanisms of speciation and faunal enrichment in Atlantic parrotfishes.

    D. Ross Robertson;Frances Karg;Rodrigo Leao de Moura;Benjamin C. Victor

  • Citizen-science for monitoring marine invasions and stimulating public engagement: a case project from the eastern Mediterranean

    Ioannis Giovos;Periklis Kleitou;Dimitris Poursanidis;Ioannis Batjakas

  • Phylogeography unplugged: comparative surveys in the genomic era

    Brian W Bowen;Kartik Shanker;Nina Yasuda;Maria Celia (Machel) D Malay

  • Gene flow at three spatial scales in a coral reef fish, the three-spot dascyllus, Dascyllus trimaculatus

    Giacomo Bernardi;Sally J. Holbrook;Russell J. Schmitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell J. Schmitt
Russell J. Schmitt University of California, Santa Barbara
Sally J. Holbrook
Sally J. Holbrook University of California, Santa Barbara
Giorgio Bernardi
Giorgio Bernardi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Sergio R. Floeter
Sergio R. Floeter Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Ernesto Azzurro
Ernesto Azzurro Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Serge Planes
Serge Planes PSL University
Daniel Golani
Daniel Golani Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Luiz A. Rocha
Luiz A. Rocha California Academy of Sciences
Dennis A. Powers
Dennis A. Powers Stanford University
D. Ross Robertson
D. Ross Robertson Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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