The genome sequence of the colonial chordate, Botryllus schlosseri

Ayelet Voskoboynik, Norma Neff, Debashis Sahoo, +16

eLife

Molecular basis of autotrophic vs mixotrophic growth in Chlorella sorokiniana

Michela Cecchin, Salvatore Benfatto, Francesca Griggio, +5

Scientific Reports

BiologyBiosynthesisAlgal BiomassBiological Carbon FixationBotany +13

Morphological Differences between Larvae of the Ciona intestinalis Species Complex: Hints for a Valid Taxonomic Definition of Distinct Species

Roberta Pennati, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Riccardo Brunetti, +8

PLoS ONE

Molecular Evolutionary EcologyGeneticsZoological TaxonomyMorphological DifferencesPhylogenetics +16

Deep Sequencing of Mixed Total DNA without Barcodes Allows Efficient Assembly of Highly Plastic Ascidian Mitochondrial Genomes

Nimrod D. Rubinstein, Tamar Feldstein, Noa Shenkar, +7

Genome Biology and Evolution

DnaGeneticsMolecular BiologySea SquirtsMolecular Genetics +24

MitoZoa 2.0: a database resource and search tools for comparative and evolutionary analyses of mitochondrial genomes in Metazoa

Paolo D’Onorio De Meo, Mattia D’Antonio, Francesca Griggio, +6

Nucleic Acids Research

Comparative GenomicsGeneticsMitochondrial Genome DatabaseGenomicsDna Barcoding +18

Ascidian Mitogenomics: Comparison of Evolutionary Rates in Closely Related Taxa Provides Evidence of Ongoing Speciation Events

Francesca Griggio, Ayelet Voskoboynik, Fabio Iannelli, +7

Genome Biology and Evolution

Tick-Box for 3′-End Formation of Mitochondrial Transcripts in Ixodida, Basal Chelicerates and Drosophila

Matteo Montagna, Davide Sassera, Francesca Griggio, +3

PLoS ONE

The mitochondrial genome of Phallusia mammillata and Phallusia fumigata (Tunicata, Ascidiacea): high genome plasticity at intra-genus level

Fabio Iannelli, Francesca Griggio, Graziano Pesole, +1

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Constitutive cyclic GMP accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana compromises systemic acquired resistance induced by an avirulent pathogen by modulating local signals

Jamshaid Hussain, Jian Chen, Vittoria Locato, +15

Scientific Reports

The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus<i>Botrylloides</i>: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species

Rosana Moreira da Rocha, Marika Salonna, Francesca Griggio, +5

Systematics and Biodiversity

BiologyMorphological EvidenceBiodiversityInvasive SpeciePhylogenetics +11