in press

2012

SCALI V., MILANI L., PASSAMONTI M. (2012). Revision of the stick insect genus Leptynia; description of new taxa, speciation mechanism and phylogeography. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY, 81(1): 25-42. PDF

GHISELLI F., MILANI L., CHANG P.L., HEDGECOCK D., DAVIS J.P., NUZHDIN S.V., PASSAMONTI M. (2012). De novo assembly of Ruditapes philippinarum trascriptome provides new insights on expression bias, mitochondrial Doubly Uniparental Inheritance and sex-determination. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 29(2): 771-786. PDF

2011

MILANI L., GHISELLI F., MAURIZII M.G., PASSAMONTI M. (2011). Doubly Uniparental Inheritance of Mitochondria as a model system for studying germ line formation. PLoS ONE, 6(11): e28194. PDF

PLAZZI F., CEREGATO A., TAVIANI M., PASSAMONTI M. (2011). A molecular phylogeny of bivalve mollusks: ancient radiations and divergences as revealed by mitochondrial genes. PLoS ONE, 6(11): e27174. PDF

PASSAMONTI M., RICCI A., MILANI L., GHISELLI F. (2011). Mitochondrial genomes and Doubly Uniparental Inheritance: new insights from Musculista senhousia sex-linked mitochondrial DNAs (Bivalvia Mytilidae). BMC GENOMICS, 12:442. PDF

BRETON S., GHISELLI F., PASSAMONTI M., MILANI L., STEWART D.T., HOEH W.R. (2011). Evidence for a fourteenth mtDNA-encoded protein in the female-transmitted mtDNA of marine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). PLoS ONE, 6(4): e19365. PDF

PLAZZI F., RICCI A., PASSAMONTI M. (2011). The mitochondrial genome of Bacillus stick insects (Phasmatodea) and the phylogeny of orthopteroid insects. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 58: 204-316. PDF

GHISELLI F., MILANI L., PASSAMONTI M. (2011). Strict sex-specific mtDNA segregation in the germline of the DUI species Venerupis philippinarum (Bivalvia Veneridae). MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 28(2): 949-961. PDF

2010

PLAZZI F., PASSAMONTI M. (2010). Towards a phylogeny of mollusks: bivalves' early evolution as revealed by mitochondrial genes. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 57: 641-657. PDF

DEMONTIS D., PERTOLDI C., PASSAMONTI M., SCALI V. (2010). Increased fluctuating asymmetry in a naturally occurring hybrid zone between the stick insects Bacillus rossius rossius and Bacillus rossius redtenbacheri. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, 10:157. PDF

SCALI V., L. MILANI, M. PASSAMONTI (2010). Clonopsis gallica, a stick insect parthenogen exploiting different egg maturation mechanisms over its range. INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, 54(3): 143-150. 

MILANI L., GHISELLI F., PELLECCHIA M., SCALI V., M. PASSAMONTI (2010). Reticulate evolution in stick insects: the case of Clonopsis (Insecta Phasmida). BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 10:258. PDF 

PLAZZI F., FERRUCCI R.R., M. PASSAMONTI (2010) Phylogenetic representativeness: a new method for evaluating taxon sampling in evolutionary studies. BMC BIOINFORMATICS, 11:209. PDF

PLOHL M., V. PETROVIC, A. LUCHETTI, A. RICCI, E. SATOVIC, M. PASSAMONTI, B. MANTOVANI (2010). Long-term conservation vs. high sequence divergence: the case of an extraordinary old satellite DNA in bivalve mollusks. HEREDITY, 104: 543-551. PDF

GUARNIERO I., PLAZZI F., BONFITTO A., RINALDI A., TRENTINI M., PASSAMONTI M. (2010) The bivalve mollusc Mactra corallina: genetic evidence of existing sibling species. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 90(3); pp. 633-644. PDF

2009

PASSAMONTI M., F. GHISELLI. (2009) Doubly Uniparental Inheritance: two mitochondrial genomes, one precious model for organelle DNA inheritance and evolution. DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY. vol. 28(2), pp. 79-89. PDF

MILANI L., SCALI V., PASSAMONTI M. (2009) The Clonopsis gallica puzzle: Mendelian species, polyploid parthenogens with karyotype re-diploidisation and clonal androgens in Moroccan stick insects. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH. vol. 47/2; pp. 132-140. PDF

2008

RICCI A., V. SCALI, M. PASSAMONTI. (2008). The IGS-ETS in Bacillus (Insecta Phasmida): molecular characterization and the relevance of sex in ribosomal DNA evolution. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 8:278. PDF

GUARNIERO I., PASSAMONTI M., RONGAI F., TRENTINI M., RINALDI A. (2008). Analisi comparativa del frammento genico 18S rDNA nel mollusco bivalve Mactra corallina (Linneo,1758). BIOLOGIA MARINA MEDITERRANEA. vol. 15, pp. 222 - 223

2007

PASSAMONTI M. (2007). An unusual case of gender-associated mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy: the mytilid Musculista senhousia (Mollusca Bivalvia). BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 7 (Suppl. 2). PDF

GHISELLI F., L. MILANI, V. SCALI, M. PASSAMONTI. (2007). The Leptynia hispanica species complex (Insecta Phasmida): polyploidy, parthenogenesis, hybridization and more. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. vol. 16 (20), pp. 4256 - 4268  PDF

older publications

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (2004). Phylogeny and karyotype evolution of the Iberian Leptynia attenuata species complex (Insecta Phasmatodea). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, vol. 30; p. 87 – 96. PDF

CESARI M, LUCHETTI A, PASSAMONTI M., SCALI V, MANTOVANI B (2003). PCR amplification of the Bag 320 satellite family reveals the ancestral library module and paleoconversion events in Bacillus rossius (Insecta Phasmatodea). GENE, vol. 312; p. 289-295.  PDF

LUCHETTI A, CESARI M, CARRARA G, CAVICCHI S, PASSAMONTI M., SCALI V, MANTOVANI B (2003). Unisexuality and Molecular Drive: Bag320 Sequence Diversity in Bacillus Taxa (Insecta Phasmatodea). JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, vol. 56; p. 587-596.  PDF

PASSAMONTI M., BOORE J. L, SCALI V (2003). Molecular evolution and recombination in gender-associated mitochondrial DNAs of the Manila clam Tapes philippinarum. GENETICS, vol. 164; p. 603-611.  PDF

SCALI V, PASSAMONTI M., MARESCALCHI O, MANTOVANI B (2003). Sex linkage to asexual lineages: genome evolution in Bacillus stick insects. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, vol. 79; p. 137-150.  PDF

MANTOVANI B., PASSAMONTI M., SCALI V. (2001). The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene in Bacillus stick-insects: ancestry of hybrids, androgenesis and phyletic relationships. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, vol. 19; p. 157-163.  PDF

PASSAMONTI M., SCALI V. (2001). Gender-associated mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the venerid clam Tapes philippinarum (Mollusca Bivalvia). CURRENT GENETICS, vol. 39; p. 117-124. PDF

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (2000). SDS-PAGE identification of raw and cooked clam species of the Veneridae family. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, vol. 80; p. 741-742.  PDF

MANTOVANI B., PASSAMONTI M., SCALI V. (1999). Genomic evolution in parental and hybrid taxa of the genus Bacillus (Insecta Phasmatodea). ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol. 66; p. 265-272.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1999). Allozymic analysis of some Mediterranean Veneridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): preliminary notes on taxonomy and systematics of the family. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, vol. 79; p. 599-605. PDF

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1999). Karyotype and allozyme characterization of the Iberian Leptynia attenuata species complex (Insecta Phasmatodea). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, vol. 16; p. 657-684.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1998). Charachterization of a highly repeated DNA family in Tapetinae species (Mollusca Bivalvia: Veneridae). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, vol. 15; p. 599-605.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1997). Allozymic characterization and genetic relationships among four species of Tapetinae (Bivalvia Veneridae). ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol. 64; p. 117-124.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., FROGLIA C. (1997). Allozymic characterizaion of Scottish and Aegean populations of Nephrops norvegicus. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, vol. 77; p. 727-735.  PDF

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., FROGLIA C. (1997). Genetic differentiation of European species of Liocarcinus (Crustacea: Portunidae): a gene-enzyme study. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, vol. 235; p. 157-164.