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Francesca Leasi

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2006

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University of Modena and Reggio Emilia(Current)

National Museum of Natural History

University of Milan

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

University of Sassari

Francesca Leasi is an author at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia specializing in biology, natural sciences, and evolutionary biology.

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2006–2025

35

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35

The widely used small subunit 18S rDNA molecule greatly underestimates true diversity in biodiversity surveys of the meiofauna

Cuong Q. Tang, Francesca Leasi, Ulrike Obertegger et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 366 citations · Full text

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Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy

Scott Mills, José Arturo Alcántara‐Rodríguez, Jorge Ciros‐Pérez et al. · Hydrobiologia · 2016 · 242 citations · Full text

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Patterns of Diversity in Soft-Bodied Meiofauna: Dispersal Ability and Body Size Matter

Marco Curini‐Galletti, Tom Artois, Valentina Delogu et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 157 citations · Full text

The Necessity of DNA Taxonomy to Reveal Cryptic Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Meiofauna, with a Focus on Nemertea

Francesca Leasi, Jon L. Norenburg · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 78 citations · Full text

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Biodiversity estimates and ecological interpretations of meiofaunal communities are biased by the taxonomic approach

Francesca Leasi, Joseph L. Sevigny, Eric M. Laflamme et al. · Communications Biology · 2018 · 70 citations · Full text

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