Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical patterns in Circum-Mediterranean subfamily Leuciscinae (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) inferred from both mitochondrial and …

S Perea, M Böhme, P Zupančič, J Freyhof… - BMC evolutionary …, 2010 - Springer
Background Leuciscinae is a subfamily belonging to the Cyprinidae fish family that is widely
distributed in Circum-Mediterranean region. Many efforts have been carried out to …

Management of a highly unlikely native fish: The case of arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus from the Southern Alps

R Tiberti, A Splendiani - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As a result of ancient introductions, some alien species are erroneously considered native.
Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) is hypothesized to have survived as a postglacial relic …

Phylogeography of the threatened crayfish (genus Austropotamobius) in Italy: implications for its taxonomy and conservation

S Fratini, S Zaccara, S Barbaresi, F Grandjean… - Heredity, 2005 - nature.com
A nucleotide sequence analysis of a portion of the mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit
was performed to define the phylogeography of the threatened crayfish Austropotamobius …

Reconstructing hotspots of genetic diversity from glacial refugia and subsequent dispersal in Italian common toads (Bufo bufo)

A Chiocchio, JW Arntzen, I Martínez-Solano… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Genetic diversity feeds the evolutionary process and allows populations to adapt to
environmental changes. However, we still lack a thorough understanding of why hotspots of …

Phylogeography of the pool frog Rana (Pelophylax) lessonae in the Italian peninsula and Sicily: multiple refugia, glacial expansions and nuclear–mitochondrial …

D Canestrelli, G Nascetti - Journal of Biogeography, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To infer the evolutionary history of Rana (Pelophylax) lessonae Camerano within its
inferred Quaternary refugial range, and to shed light on the processes that have contributed …

Insights into the molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the white-clawed crayfish (Decapoda, Astacidae)

M Jelić, GIV Klobučar, F Grandjean, N Puillandre… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the evolutionary history of the white-clawed crayfish (WCC) was evaluated
using large-scale datasets comprising> 1350 specimens from the entire distribution range …

One Species, Three Pleistocene Evolutionary Histories: Phylogeography of the Italian Crested Newt, Triturus carnifex

D Canestrelli, D Salvi, M Maura, MA Bologna… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Phylogeographic patterns of temperate species from the Mediterranean peninsulas have
been investigated intensively. Nevertheless, as more phylogeographies become available …

What triggers the rising of an intraspecific biodiversity hotspot? Hints from the agile frog

D Canestrelli, R Bisconti, F Sacco, G Nascetti - Scientific Reports, 2014 - nature.com
Hotspots of genetic diversity are regions of utmost importance for species survival and
conservation and their intimate link with the geographic location of glacial refugia has been …

Phylogeography of Sarmarutilus rubilio (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae): Complex Genetic Structure, Clues to a New Cryptic Species and Further Insights into Roaches …

G Petrosino, L Tancioni, M Turani, A Rakaj, L Ciuffardi… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Italy hosts a large number of endemic freshwater fish species due to complex geological
events which promoted genetic differentiation and allopatric speciation. Among them, the …

Recent expansion and relic survival: Phylogeography of the land snail genus Helix (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from south to north Europe

V Fiorentino, G Manganelli, F Giusti… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Little is known about the evolutionary history of Helix, despite the fact that it includes the
largest land snails in the western Palaearctic, some of which (eg H. pomatia Linnaeus …