PROGRAMMA 2003

Venerdì 24.1, ore 15:30
DNA sequence variation in a 3.7-kb noncoding sequence 5' of the CYP1A2 gene: implications for human population history and natural selection
Wooding SP, Watkins WS, Bamshad MJ, Dunn DM, Weiss RB, Jorde LB
Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Sep;71(3):528-42
Presenta l’articolo : Silvia Fuselli
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Venerdì 31.1, ore 15:30
Color and genomic ancestry in Brazilians
Parra FC, Amado RC, Lambertucci JR, Rocha J, Antunes CM, Pena SD
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jan 7;100(1):177-82
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Genetic structure of human populations
Rosenberg NA, Pritchard JK, Weber JL, Cann HM, Kidd KK, Zhivotovsky LA, Feldman MW
Science 2002 Dec 20;298(5602):2381-5
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Presenta l’articolo : Guido Barbujani

Venerdì 7.2, ore 14:30
Diversity at eight polymorphic Alu insertion loci in Chinese populations shows evidence for European admixture in an ethnic minority population from northwest China
Xiao FX, Yang JF, Cassiman JJ, Decorte R
Hum Biol. 2002 Aug;74(4):555-68
Presenta l’articolo : Francesca Visentini
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Venerdì 28.2, ore 14:30
Apis mellifora: biologia generale ed evoluzione
Seminario presentato da : Alberto Marino

Venerdì 7.3, ore 14:30
Does Homo neanderthalensis play a role in modern human ancestry? The mandibular evidence
Rak Y, Ginzburg A, Geffen E
Am J Phys Anthropol 2002 Nov;119(3):199-204
Presenta l’articolo : Lorena Madrigal
La presentazione è stata annullata
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Venerdì 14.3, ore 14:30
Polimorfismi Alu in 6 tribu tailandesi
Seminario presentato da : Erika Franzoni
Polimorfismi microsatelliti e origine dei cinghiali d'Italia
Seminario presentato da : Marco Ferrari

Venerdì 21.3, ore 14:30
Multiple maternal origins and weak phylogeographic structure in domestic goats
Luikart G, Gielly L, Excoffier L, Vigne JD, Bouvet J, Taberlet P.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 May 8;98(10):5927-32
Presenta l’articolo : Giorgio Bertorelle
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Venerdì 11.4, ore 14:30
Traces of human migrations in Helicobacter pylori populations
Falush D, Wirth T, Linz B, Pritchard JK, Stephens M, Kidd M, Blaser MJ, Graham DY, Vacher S, Perez-Perez GI, Yamaoka Y, Megraud F, Otto K, Reichard U, Katzowitsch E, Wang X, Achtman M, Suerbaum S.
Science. 2003 Mar 7;299(5612):1582-5
Presenta l’articolo : Silvia Fuselli
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Venerdì 9.5, ore 14:30
Failure to confirm previous identification of two putative museum specimens of the Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, as the Adriatic sturgeon, A naccarii
Doukakis P, Birstein VJ, DeSalle R, Ludwig AN, Ludwig A, Machordom A, Almodovar A, Elvira B
Marine Biology 2000 136: 373-7
Presenta l’articolo : Laura Astolfi

Venerdì 16.5, ore 16:30
Molecular genetic analysis of Phenylketonuria and Galactosaemia in Ireland and Europe
Seminario presentato da : David Croke (Royal College of Surgeons, Republic of Ireland)

Venerdì 23.5, ore 14:30
Balancing selection at the prion protein gene consistent with prehistoric kurulike epidemics
Mead S, Stumpf MP, Whitfield J, Beck JA, Poulter M, Campbell T, Uphill JB, Goldstein D, Alpers M, Fisher EM, Collinge J
Science. 2003 Apr 25;300(5619):640-3
Presenta l’articolo : Francesca Visentini
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Venerdì 30.5, ore 14:30
Impact of a population bottleneck on symmetry and genetic diversity in the northern elephant sea
Hoelzel AR, Fleischer RC, Campagna C, Le Boeuf BJ, Alvord G
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15:567-75
Presenta l’articolo : Deborah Patroncini

Venerdì 6.6, ore 14:30
Rapid evolution of egg size in captive salmon
Heath DD, Heath JW, Bryden CA, Johnson RM, Fox CW
Science. 2003 Mar 14;299(5613):1738-40
Presenta l’articolo : Lidia Migliori
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Venerdì 13.6, ore 14:30
Accelerated Protein Evolution and Origins of Human-Specific Features. Foxp2 as an example
Zhang J, Webb DM, Podlaha O
Genetics. 2002 Dec;162(4):1825-35
Presenta l’articolo : Ilaria Masoli
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Venerdì 27.6, ore 14:30
Admixture in Paleo-Inuit Populations and the Loss of Haplogroup D
Seminario presentato da : Joshua Pollack (University of California at Berkeley)

Venerdì 4.7, ore 14:30
Cacao domestication I: the origin of the cacao cultivated by the Mayas
Motamayor JC, Risterucci AM, Lopez PA, Ortiz CF, Moreno A, Lanaud C
Heredity. 2002 Nov;89(5):380-6
Presenta l’articolo : Sara Mantovani
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Giovedì 10.7, ore 14:30
Spatial patterns of genetic variation in Europe
Seminario presentato da : Oscar Lao

Venerdì 03.10, ore 14:30
Single-nucleotide polymorhism genotyping on optical thin film biosensor chips
Xiao-bo Zhong, Robert Reynolds, Judith R. Kidd and David C. Ward
PNAS, September 30, 2003;100 (20):11559-64
Seminario presentato da : Cristiano Vernesi
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Venerdì 17.10, ore 14:30
Caratterizzazione genetica della popolazione italiana di ape (A. mellifera ligustica)
Seminario presentato da : Alberto Marino
 

Giovedì 23.10, ore 14:30
Novel micrasatellite loci in the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): markers
for the study of dolphin population
Seminario presentato da: Luca Mirimin
 

Venerdì 31.10, ore 14:30
Transposable elements and host genome evolution
Kidwell MG, Lishch DR
Trends Ecol Evol. 2000 Mar 15(3):95-99
Seminario presentato da: Laura Astolfi
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Venerdì 7.11, ore 14:30

Alzheimer e Farmacogenetica
Seminario presentato da: Francesca Visentini

Martedì 18.11, ore 15:00 aula F7
The Evolution of isochores in vertebrates
Seminario presentato da: Elise Belle
 

Venerdì 28.11, ore 14:30
Herpesvirosi delle Testuggini: Infezione, Patogenesi e significato
Seminario presentato da: Francesco Origgi (San Raffaele, Milano)

Venerdì 5.12, ore 14:30
Fluctuating asymmetry in a secondary sexual trait: no associations with individual fitness, environmental stress or inbreeding, and no heritability
Seminario presentato da: Deborah Patroncini
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Martedì 9.12, ore 12:00
Columbines, crocodiles, and Chlamydia: understanding evolutionary processes and patterns in populations of diverse model organisms
Seminario presentato da: Kelly Gallagher

Venerdì 9.12, ore 14:30
Natural selection on the olfactory receptor gene family in humans and chimpanzees
Seminario presentato da: Guido Barbujani 
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Venerdì 19.12, ore 14:30
Variabilità genetica in popolazioni alpine
Seminario presentato da: Cristiano Vernesi