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Overview

Maurizio Rossetto is affiliated with the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney in Australia. Their academic work spans across multiple interrelated disciplines primarily focused on the biological sciences and environmental studies, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research delves into various subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling. Their work addresses several key topics including Genetic diversity and population structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Rossetto's publication record includes recent papers in diverse venues, reflecting engagement with broad themes in conservation genomics and biodiversity. Recent notable papers include:

  • Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Threatened Species Initiative: Empowering conservation action using genomic resources, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A conservation genomics workflow to guide practical management actions, 2021, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Conserving the genetic diversity of condemned populations: Optimizing collections and translocation, 2021, Evolutionary Applications
  • Chromosome-level de novo genome assembly of Telopea speciosissima (New South Wales waratah) using long-reads, linked-reads and Hi-C, 2022, Molecular Ecology Resources

Frequent co-authors contributing to Rossetto's research include Jia-Yee S. Yap, Jason G. Bragg, Marlien van der Merwe, Susan Rutherford, and Eilish S. McMaster, with collaborative publications spanning multiple projects.

Rossetto frequently publishes in journals such as Australian Systematic Botany, Diversity, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology Resources, and the American Journal of Botany.

In addition to journal articles, Rossetto has contributed to book publications. One recent book titled Delivering tree genetic resources in forest and landscape restoration is published through FAO eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Plant DNA barcoding: From gene to genome

    Xiwen Li;Yang Yang;Robert J. Henry;Maurizio Rossetto

  • Analysis of SSRs derived from grape ESTs.

    K. D. Scott;P. Eggler;G. Seaton;M. Rossetto

  • Use of RAPD analysis in devising conservation strategies for the rare and endangered Grevillea scapigera (Proteaceae)

    M. Rossetto;P. K. Weaver;K. W. Dixon

  • Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life

    Rachael V. Gallagher;Daniel S. Falster;Brian S. Maitner;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez

  • Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

    Glenn R. Almany;Maurício P. De Arruda;Wolfgang Arthofer

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

    Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

  • Evaluating the Impact of Genomic Data and Priors on Bayesian Estimates of the Angiosperm Evolutionary Timescale

    Charles S. P. Foster;Hervê Sauquet;Marlien van der Merwe;Hannah McPherson

  • Measurement of biological information with applications from genes to landscapes.

    William B. Sherwin;William B. Sherwin;Franck Jabot;Franck Jabot;Rebecca Rush;Maurizio Rossetto

  • Evaluating the potential of SSR flanking regions for examining taxonomic relationships in the Vitaceae.

    Maurizio Rossetto;Jody McNally;Robert J Henry

  • Capturing chloroplast variation for molecular ecology studies: a simple next generation sequencing approach applied to a rainforest tree

    Hannah McPherson;Hannah McPherson;Marlien van der Merwe;Marlien van der Merwe;Sven K Delaney;Mark A Edwards

  • Molecular phylogeny and dating reveals an Oligo-Miocene radiation of dry-adapted shrubs (former Tremandraceae) from rainforest tree progenitors (Elaeocarpaceae) in Australia.

    Darren M. Crayn;Maurizio Rossetto;David J. Maynard

  • The application of SSRs characterized for grape (Vitis vinifera) to conservation studies in Vitaceae.

    Claire Arnold;Maurizio Rossetto;Jody McNally;Robert J. Robert J. Henry

  • Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests

    Robert Kooyman;Maurizio Rossetto;William Cornwell;William Cornwell;Mark Westoby

  • Sourcing of SSR markers from related plant species.

    M. Rossetto;R. J. Henry

  • Paleo-Antarctic rainforest into the modern Old World tropics: the rich past and threatened future of the "southern wet forest survivors"

    Robert M. Kooyman;Robert M. Kooyman;Peter Wilf;Viviana Dora Barreda;Raymond J. Carpenter

  • Speciation in the presence of gene flow: population genomics of closely related and diverging Eucalyptus species

    Susan Rutherford;Maurizio Rossetto;Jason G Bragg;Hannah McPherson

  • Microsatellite variation and assessment of genetic structure in tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia– Myrtaceae)

    M. Rossetto;R. W. Slade;P. R. Baverstock;R. J. Henry

  • Zebra Finch Incubation: Brood patch, Egg Temperature and Thermal Properties of the Nest

    Richard Zann;Maurizio Rossetto

  • From Songlines to genomes: Prehistoric assisted migration of a rain forest tree by Australian Aboriginal people.

    Maurizio Rossetto;Maurizio Rossetto;Emilie J. Ens;Thijs Honings;Thijs Honings;Peter D. Wilson

  • Dispersal limitations, rather than bottlenecks or habitat specificity, can restrict the distribution of rare and endemic rainforest trees

    Maurizio Rossetto;Robert Kooyman;William Sherwin;Rebecca Jones

  • Genetic variation and island biogreography: Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA variation in island populations of the Australian bush rat, Rattus fuscipes greyii

    G. Hinten;F. Harriss;M. Rossetto;P.R. Braverstock

  • The impact of clonality on an endangered tree (Elaeocarpus williamsianus) in a fragmented rainforest

    Maurizio Rossetto;C.L. Gross;Rebecca Jones;John Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J Henry
Robert J Henry University of Queensland
Robert M. Kooyman
Robert M. Kooyman Macquarie University
Darren M. Crayn
Darren M. Crayn James Cook University
Andrew J. Lowe
Andrew J. Lowe University of Adelaide
Rachael V. Gallagher
Rachael V. Gallagher Macquarie University
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
Kingsley W. Dixon
Kingsley W. Dixon Curtin University
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University
Daniel S. Falster
Daniel S. Falster University of New South Wales
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University

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