Rafaella Franch
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Recent Articles
1.
Mukiibi R, Ferraresso S, Franch R, Peruzza L, Dalla Rovere G, Babbucci M, et al.
BMC Biol
. 2025 Mar;
23(1):75.
PMID: 40069747
Background: Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) is an important viral disease threatening global aquaculture sustainability and affecting over 50 farmed and ecologically important fish species. A major QTL for resistance to...
2.
Guarniero I, Stancampiano L, Franch R, Armaroli E, Macchioni F, Negrisolo E
PLoS One
. 2025 Jan;
20(1):e0313998.
PMID: 39787166
Nematodes are abundant and ubiquitous animals which are poorly known at intraspecific level. This work represents the first attempt to fill the gap on basic knowledge of genetic variability and...
3.
Leone A, Arnaud-Haond S, Babbucci M, Bargelloni L, Coscia I, Damalas D, et al.
Evol Appl
. 2024 Sep;
17(9):e70005.
PMID: 39296540
Populations of marine top predators have been sharply declining during the past decades, and one-third of chondrichthyans are currently threatened with extinction. Sustainable management measures and conservation plans of large...
4.
Faggion S, Carnier P, Franch R, Babbucci M, Pascoli F, Dalla Rovere G, et al.
Genet Sel Evol
. 2023 Apr;
55(1):22.
PMID: 37013478
Background: The gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) has long been considered resistant to viral nervous necrosis (VNN), until recently, when significant mortalities caused by a reassortant nervous necrosis virus (NNV)...
5.
Faggion S, Bertotto D, Babbucci M, Dalla Rovere G, Franch R, Bovolenta M, et al.
Genet Sel Evol
. 2021 Apr;
53(1):32.
PMID: 33794770
Background: Susceptibility of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) to viral nervous necrosis (VNN) is well-known. Interest towards selective breeding as a tool to enhance genetic resistance in this species...
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Barbanti A, Torrado H, Macpherson E, Bargelloni L, Franch R, Carreras C, et al.
Mol Ecol Resour
. 2020 Feb;
20(3).
PMID: 32061018
High-throughput sequencing has revolutionized population and conservation genetics. RAD sequencing methods, such as 2b-RAD, can be used on species lacking a reference genome. However, transferring protocols across taxa can potentially...
7.
Pauletto M, Manousaki T, Ferraresso S, Babbucci M, Tsakogiannis A, Louro B, et al.
Commun Biol
. 2018 Oct;
1:119.
PMID: 30271999
Sexual dimorphism is a fascinating subject in evolutionary biology and mostly results from sex-biased expression of genes, which have been shown to evolve faster in gonochoristic species. We report here...
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Pecoraro C, Babbucci M, Franch R, Rico C, Papetti C, Chassot E, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2018 Sep;
8(1):13890.
PMID: 30224658
Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, is one of the most important seafood commodities in the world. Despite its great biological and economic importance, conflicting evidence arises from classical genetic and tagging...
9.
Leone A, Urso I, Damalas D, Martinsohn J, Zanzi A, Mariani S, et al.
PeerJ
. 2017 Dec;
5:e4112.
PMID: 29230359
Background: The blue shark (, Linnaeus 1758) is one of the most abundant epipelagic shark inhabiting all the oceans except the poles, including the Mediterranean Sea, but its genetic structure...
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Babbucci M, Ferraresso S, Pauletto M, Franch R, Papetti C, Patarnello T, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2016 Dec;
6:38673.
PMID: 27929136
Skeletal anomalies in farmed fish are a relevant issue affecting animal welfare and health and causing significant economic losses. Here, a high-density genetic map of European seabass for QTL mapping...