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Ornella Semino

Ornella Semino

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Genetics

D-Index
68
Citations
18244
World Ranking
2422
National Ranking
38

Overview

Ornella Semino is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research also intersects with Archeology, Paleontology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics in genetics and evolutionary studies. Notable papers include:

  • Archaeogenomic distinctiveness of the Isthmo-Colombian area, 2021, published in Cell
  • The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army, 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global genetic diversity, introgression, and evolutionary adaptation of indicine cattle revealed by whole genome sequencing, 2023, Nature Communications
  • The worldwide spread of Aedes albopictus: New insights from mitogenomes, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
  • The Mitogenome Relationships and Phylogeography of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution

The major themes of their work include forensic and genetic research, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, genetic diversity and population structure, as well as archaeology and ancient environmental studies. Additional research topics comprise genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, alongside chromosomal and genetic variations.

Semino has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Genes (4 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2 publications)
  • Cell (1 publication)

Collaborations have been an integral part of Semino's research output, with frequent co-authors including Alessandro Achilli, Anna Olivieri, Antonio Torroni, Nicola Rambaldi Migliore, and Alessandro Raveane, reflecting sustained partnerships across multiple studies.

Best Publications

  • The genetic legacy of Paleolithic Homo sapiens sapiens in extant Europeans: a Y chromosome perspective.

    Ornella Semino;Ornella Semino;Giuseppe Passarino;Giuseppe Passarino;Peter J. Oefner;Alice A. Lin

  • Single, rapid coastal settlement of Asia revealed by analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes.

    Vincent A. Macaulay;Catherine Hill;Alessandro Achilli;Chiara Rengo

  • Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East

    Iosif Lazaridis;Dani Nadel;Gary Rollefson;Deborah C. Merrett

  • Genetic evidence of an early exit of Homo sapiens sapiens from Africa through eastern Africa.

    Lluís Quintana-Murci;Lluís Quintana-Murci;Ornella Semino;Hans-J. Bandelt;Giuseppe Passarino;Giuseppe Passarino

  • The Molecular Dissection of mtDNA Haplogroup H Confirms That the Franco-Cantabrian Glacial Refuge Was a Major Source for the European Gene Pool

    Alessandro Achilli;Chiara Rengo;Chiara Magri;Vincenza Battaglia

  • Distinctive Paleo-Indian Migration Routes from Beringia Marked by Two Rare mtDNA Haplogroups

    Ugo A. Perego;Ugo A. Perego;Alessandro Achilli;Alessandro Achilli;Norman Angerhofer;Matteo Accetturo

  • New insights into the Tyrolean Iceman's origin and phenotype as inferred by whole-genome sequencing

    Andreas Keller;Angela Graefen;Markus Ball;Mark Matzas

  • Where West Meets East: The Complex mtDNA Landscape of the Southwest and Central Asian Corridor

    Lluís Quintana-Murci;Lluís Quintana-Murci;Raphaëlle Chaix;R. Spencer Wells;Doron M. Behar

  • Excavating Y-chromosome haplotype strata in Anatolia

    Cengiz Cinnioğlu;Cengiz Cinnioğlu;Roy King;Toomas Kivisild;Ersi Kalfoğlu

  • Origin, diffusion, and differentiation of Y-chromosome haplogroups E and J: inferences on the neolithization of Europe and later migratory events in the Mediterranean area.

    Ornella Semino;Chiara Magri;Giorgia Benuzzi;Alice A. Lin

  • The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people

    Doron M. Behar;Bayazit Yunusbayev;Bayazit Yunusbayev;Mait Metspalu;Ene Metspalu

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

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

  • Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle

    Alessandro Achilli;Anna Olivieri;Marco Pellecchia;Cristina Uboldi

  • Phylogeography of Y-Chromosome Haplogroup I Reveals Distinct Domains of Prehistoric Gene Flow in Europe

    Siiri Rootsi;Toomas Kivisild;Giorgia Benuzzi;Hela Help

  • The mtDNA legacy of the Levantine early Upper Palaeolithic in Africa.

    Anna Olivieri;Alessandro Achilli;Maria Pala;Vincenza Battaglia

  • The Archaeogenetics of Europe

    Pedro Soares;Alessandro Achilli;Alessandro Achilli;Ornella Semino;William Davies

  • Separating the post-Glacial coancestry of European and Asian Y chromosomes within haplogroup R1a.

    Peter A. Underhill;Natalie M. Myres;Siiri Rootsi;Siiri Rootsi;Mait Metspalu;Mait Metspalu

  • Saami and Berbers—An Unexpected Mitochondrial DNA Link

    Alessandro Achilli;Chiara Rengo;Vincenza Battaglia;Maria Pala

  • Mitochondrial genomes from modern horses reveal the major haplogroups that underwent domestication

    Alessandro Achilli;Anna Olivieri;Pedro Soares;Hovirag Lancioni

  • Ethiopians and Khoisan Share the Deepest Clades of the Human Y-Chromosome Phylogeny

    Ornella Semino;A. Silvana Santachiara-Benerecetti;Francesco Falaschi;L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Torroni
Antonio Torroni University of Pavia
Alessandro Achilli
Alessandro Achilli University of Pavia
Giuseppe Passarino
Giuseppe Passarino University of Calabria
Richard Villems
Richard Villems University of Tartu
Rosaria Scozzari
Rosaria Scozzari Sapienza University of Rome
Mait Metspalu
Mait Metspalu University of Tartu
Peter A. Underhill
Peter A. Underhill Stanford University
Martin B. Richards
Martin B. Richards University of Huddersfield
Lluis Quintana-Murci
Lluis Quintana-Murci Institut Pasteur

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