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R. Castiglia

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h-index: 24
Works: 121
Citations: 1,922

Most-cited papers

Mammals of Italy: an annotated checklist
A. Loy, G. Aloise, L. Ancillotto, F. Angelici +17 more
201986 citations
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A novel sex determination system in a close relative of the house mouse
F. Veyrunes, P. Chevret, J. Catalan, R. Castiglia +4 more
2010Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences82 citations Open access
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A combination of long term fragmentation and glacial persistence drove the evolutionary history of the Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus
G. Senczuk, P. Colangelo, Emanuela De Simone, G. Aloise +1 more
2017BMC Evolutionary Biology62 citations Open access
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REDUCED GENE FLOW AT PERICENTROMERIC LOCI IN A HYBRID ZONE INVOLVING CHROMOSOMAL RACES OF THE HOUSE MOUSE MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS
P. Franchini, P. Colangelo, E. Solano, E. Capanna +2 more
2010Evolution; international journal of organic evolution57 citations
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Sympatric sister species in rodents are more chromosomally differentiated than allopatric ones: implications for the role of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation
R. Castiglia
201452 citations Open access
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R2d2 Drives Selfish Sweeps in the House Mouse
John P. Didion, Andrew P. Morgan, L. Yadgary, Timothy A. Bell +44 more
2015bioRxiv50 citations Open access
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Systematics of the Microtus savii complex (Rodentia, Cricetidae) via mitochondrial DNA analyses: paraphyly and pattern of sex chromosome evolution.
R. Castiglia, F. Annesi, G. Aloise, G. Amori
2008Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution49 citations Open access
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Rapid chromosomal evolution in the mesic four-striped grass rat Rhabdomys dilectus (Rodentia, Muridae) revealed by mtDNA phylogeographic analysis
R. Castiglia, E. Solano, R. Makundi, J. Hulselmans +2 more
201246 citations
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Diversity and evolution of African Grass Rats (Muridae: Arvicanthis )—From radiation in East Africa to repeated colonization of northwestern and southeastern savannas
J. Bryja, P. Colangelo, L. Lavrenchenko, Y. Meheretu +5 more
2019Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research40 citations Open access
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Cytogenetic analyses of chromosomal rearrangements in Mus minutoides/musculoides from North-West Zambia through mapping of the telomeric sequence (TTAGGG)n and banding techniques
R. Castiglia, E. Gornung, M. Corti
2004Chromosome Research36 citations
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The Italian peninsula hosts a divergent mtDNA lineage of the water vole, Arvicola amphibius s.l., including fossorial and aquatic ecotypes
R. Castiglia, G. Aloise, G. Amori, F. Annesi +4 more
201632 citations
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Cytogenetics of a new cytotype of African Mus (subgenus Nannomys) minutoides (Rodentia, Muridae) from Kenya: C- and G- banding and distribution of (TTAGGG)n telomeric sequences
R. Castiglia, S. Garagna, V. Merico, N. Oguge +1 more
2006Chromosome Research32 citations
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Pattern of shape variation in the eastern African gerbils of the genus Gerbilliscus (Rodentia, muridae): Environmental correlations and implication for taxonomy and systematics
P. Colangelo, R. Castiglia, P. Franchini, E. Solano
201031 citations
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Integrative taxonomy of the Italian pine voles, Microtus savii group (Cricetidae, Arvicolinae)
A. Bezerra, F. Annesi, G. Aloise, G. Amori +2 more
201629 citations
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Cytotaxonomy of rodent species from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia
M. Corti, R. Castiglia, P. Colangelo, E. Capanna +8 more
200529 citations
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Mitochondrial DNA reveals different phylogeographic structures in the water shrews Neomys anomalus and N. fodiens (Insectivora: Soricidae) in Europe
R. Castiglia, F. Annesi, G. Aloise, G. Amori
200728 citations Open access
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The evolutionary history of a mammal species with a highly fragmented range: the phylogeography of the European snow vole
R. Castiglia, F. Annesi, B. Kryštufek, M. Filippucci +1 more
200927 citations Open access
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Characterization of the satellite DNA Msat-160 from species of Terricola (Microtus) and Arvicola (Rodentia, Arvicolinae)
M. Acosta, J. A. Marchal, C. Fernández-Espartero, I. Romero-Fernández +5 more
2010Genetica26 citations
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Influence of Evolutionary Allometry on Rates of Morphological Evolution and Disparity in strictly Subterranean Moles (Talpinae, Talpidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia)
G. Sansalone, P. Colangelo, T. Kotsakis, A. Loy +4 more
2018Journal of mammalian evolution24 citations Open access
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Reconnecting research and natural history museums in Italy and the need of a national collection biorepository
F. Andreone, F. Boero, M. Bologna, G. Carpaneto +4 more
2022ZooKeys23 citations Open access
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Mammal endemism In Italy: A review
G. Amori, R. Castiglia
201823 citations Open access
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Evolutionary and demographic correlates of Pleistocene coastline changes in the Sicilian wall lizard Podarcis wagleriana
G. Senczuk, D. Harris, R. Castiglia, Viktoria Litsi Mizan +3 more
2018Journal of Biogeography23 citations Open access
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The relevance of Italian museum collections for research and conservation: the case of mammals
S. Gippoliti, G. Amori, R. Castiglia, P. Colangelo +1 more
2014RENDICONTI LINCEI21 citations
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Meiotic behavior of a complex hexavalent in heterozygous mice for Robertsonian translocations: insights for synapsis dynamics
Marta Ribagorda, S. Berríos, E. Solano, E. Ayarza +9 more
2019Chromosoma20 citations Open access
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Population genetic structure of the bank vole Myodes glareolus within its glacial refugium in peninsular Italy
Andrea Chiocchio, P. Colangelo, G. Aloise, G. Amori +4 more
2018bioRxiv20 citations Open access
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Cytotaxonomy and DNA taxonomy of lizards (Squamata, Sauria) from a tropical dry forest in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on the coast of Jalisco, Mexico
R. Castiglia, F. Annesi, A. Bezerra, Andrés García +1 more
201020 citations Open access
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Quantitative variation of LINE-1 sequences in five species and three subspecies of the subgenus Mus and in five Robertsonian races of Mus musculus domesticus
Paola Rebuzzini, R. Castiglia, S. Nergadze, George P. Mitsainas +5 more
2009Chromosome Research18 citations
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Podarcis siculus latastei (Bedriaga, 1879) of the Western Pontine Islands (Italy) raised to the species rank, and a brief taxonomic overview of Podarcis lizards
G. Senczuk, R. Castiglia, W. Böhme, C. Corti
2019Acta Herpetologica17 citations Open access
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Comparative Cytogenetic Study of Two Sister Species of Iberian Ground Voles, Microtus (Terricola) duodecimcostatus and M. (T.) lusitanicus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)
E. Gornung, R. Castiglia, M. Rovatsos, J. A. Marchal +2 more
2010Cytogenetic and Genome Research17 citations
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A new chromosomal race of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, in the Vulcano Island-Aeolian Archipelago, Italy.
E. Solano, R. Castiglia, M. Corti
2007Hereditas17 citations Open access
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Chromosomal and molecular characterization of Aethomys kaiseri from Zambia and Aethomys chrysophilus from Tanzania (Rodentia, Muridae).
R. Castiglia, M. Corti, P. Colangelo, F. Annesi +4 more
2004Hereditas17 citations Open access
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Reconstructing the evolutionary history of chromosomal races on islands: a genome-wide analysis of natural house mouse populations.
P. Franchini, A. Kautt, A. Nater, G. Antonini +3 more
2020Molecular biology and evolution16 citations Open access
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The Sicilian wolf: Genetic identity of a recently extinct insular population
F. Angelici, M. M. Ciucani, S. Angelini, F. Annesi +9 more
2018bioRxiv16 citations Open access
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Spotlight on islands: on the origin and diversification of an ancient lineage of the Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus in the western Pontine Islands
G. Senczuk, K. Havenstein, V. Milana, C. Ripa +3 more
2018Scientific Reports16 citations Open access
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Chromosomal diversity in the genus Arvicanthis (Rodentia, Muridae) from East Africa: a taxonomic and phylogenetic evaluation
R. Castiglia, A. Bekele, R. Makundi, N. Oguge +1 more
200616 citations Open access
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Geographical pattern of genetic variation in the Robertsonian system of Mus musculus domesticus in central Italy
R. Castiglia, F. Annesi, E. Capanna
200516 citations Open access
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VKORC1 mutation in European populations of Rattus norvegicus with first data for Italy and the report of a new amino acid substitution.
A. Iacucci, P. Colangelo, Viviana Gamberi, E. Mori +9 more
201815 citations
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Chromosomal evolution of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, in the Aeolian Archipelago (Sicily, Italy)
E. Solano, R. Castiglia, E. Capanna
200814 citations Open access
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Unexpected lack of specialisation in the flow properties of spitting cobra venom.
Ignazio Avella, E. Barajas-Ledesma, N. Casewell, R. Harrison +6 more
2021Journal of Experimental Biology13 citations Open access
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Who are you? The genetic identity of some insular populations of Hierophis viridiflavus s.l. from the Tyrrhenian Sea
Ignazio Avella, R. Castiglia, G. Senczuk
2017Acta Herpetologica13 citations Open access
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The first cytogenetic description of Euleptes europaea (Gené, 1839) from Northern Sardinia reveals the highest diploid chromosome number among sphaerodactylid geckos (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata)
E. Gornung, F. Mosconi, F. Annesi, R. Castiglia
2013Comparative Cytogenetics13 citations Open access
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The phylogeography of Crocidura suaveolens from southern Italy reveals the absence of an endemic lineage and supports a Trans-Adriatic connection with the Balkanic refugium
R. Castiglia, F. Annesi, G. Amori, E. Solano +1 more
201711 citations
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Pattern of chromosomal changes in ‘beta’ Anolis (Norops group) (Squamata: Polychrotidae) depicted by an ancestral state analysis
R. Castiglia, Oscar A. Flores-Villela, A. Bezerra, A. Munoz +1 more
2013Zoological Studies11 citations Open access
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A new mitochondrial lineage in the edible dormouse, Glis glis (Rodentia: Gliridae), from Alonissos island (Sporades Archipelago, Greece)
R. Castiglia, F. Annesi, C. Cattaneo, M. Grano +2 more
2012Folia zoologica (Brno)11 citations Open access
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New data on the distribution and phylogenetic position of Mastomys awashensis (Rodentia, Muridae)
P. Colangelo, H. Leirs, R. Castiglia, M. D’aes +2 more
201011 citations
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The origin of an unusual sex chromosome constitution in Acomys sp. (Rodentia, Muridae) from Tanzania
R. Castiglia, R. Makundi, M. Corti
2007Genetica11 citations
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Molecular systematics of the genus Necromys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) reveals two cryptic and syntopic species in western Cerrado of Brazil
A. Bezerra, R. Castiglia, L. Pereira, J. C. Moreira +1 more
202010 citations
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Hexavalents in spermatocytes of Robertsonian heterozygotes between Mus m. domesticus 2n 26 from the Vulcano and Lipari Islands (Aeolian Archipelago, Italy)
S. Berríos, R. Fernández-Donoso, J. Page, E. Ayarza +3 more
2018European Journal of Histochemistry10 citations Open access
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A study in scarlet: incipient speciation, phenotypic differentiation and conservation implications of the Podarcis lizards of the western Pontine Islands, Italy
G. Senczuk, P. Colangelo, Vasco Avramo, R. Castiglia +2 more
2018Biological Journal of the Linnean Society10 citations
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Sexual-size dimorphism in two synanthropic rat species: Comparison and eco-evolutionary perspectives
E. Mori, A. Iacucci, R. Castiglia, L. Santini
201710 citations Open access
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