LUCHETTI A., MANTOVANI B. (2009) Talua SINE biology in the genome of the Reticulitermes subterranean termites (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). J. Mol. Evol., 69: 589-600.

MANTOVANI B., CESARI M., SCANABISSI F. (2009) Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of Italian Lepidurus taxa (Branchiopoda: Notostraca). It. J. Zool., 76(4): 358–365.

VELONA’ A., LUCHETTI A., SCANABISSI F., MANTOVANI B. (2009) Genetic variability and reproductive modalities in European populations of Triops cancriformis (Crustacea, Branchiopoda,Notostraca). It. J. Zool., 76 (4): 366-375.

PAMPIGLIONE S., FIORAVANTI M.L., GUSTINELLI A., ONORE G., MANTOVANI B., LUCHETTI A., TRENTINI M. (2009) Sand flea (Tunga spp.) infections in humans and domestic animals: state of the art. Med. Vet. Entomol., 23: 172–186.

MANTOVANI B., CESARI M., LUCHETTI A., SCANABISSI F. (2008) Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA variability in the living  fossil Triops cancriformis (Bosc, 1801) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Notostraca). Heredity 100: 496-505.

PLOHL M., LUCHETTI A., MEŠTROVIĆ N., MANTOVANI B. (2008) Satellite DNAs between selfishness and functionality: structure, genomics and evolution of tandem repeats in centromeric (hetero)chromatin. Gene 409: 72–82

BERGAMASCHI S., DAWES-GROMADZKI T.Z., LUCHETTI A., MARINI M., MANTOVANI B. (2007). Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships among Australian Nasutitermes and Tumulitermes genera (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae) inferred from mitochondrial COII and 16S sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 45 :813–821

LUCHETTI A., MARINI M., MANTOVANI B (2007). Filling the European gap: biosystematics of the eusocial system Reticulitermes (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) in the Balkanic Peninsula and Aegean area. Mol Phylogenet Evol 45: 377-383

LUCHETTI A., SCANABISSI F., MANTOVANI B. (2007) Evolution of LEP150 sub-repeat array within the ribosomal IGS of the clam shrimp Leptestheria dahalacensis (Crustacea Branchiopoda Conchostraca). Gene 400: 174-180

Bergamaschi S., Dawes-Gromadzki T.Z., Scali V., Marini M., Mantovani B. (2007) Karyology, mitochondrial DNA and the phylogeny of Australian termites. Chromosome Res 15: 735-753.

CESARI M., Luchetti A., Scanabissi F., Mantovani B. (2007) Genetic variability in European Leptestheria dahalacensis (Rüppel, 1837) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata). Hydrobiologia 586: 249-260.

Luchetti A., Trentini M. PAMPIGLIONE S., FIORAVANTI M.L., Mantovani B (2007) Genetic variability of Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera, Tungidae) sand fleas across South America and Africa. Parasitology Res 100: 593-598.

Masetti A., Luchetti A., Mantovani B., Burgio G. (2006) PCR-RFLP Assays to Distinguish Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Associated Species on Lettuce Cropping Systems in Italy. J Econ Entomol 99: 1268-1272.

Luchetti A., Scanabissi F., Mantovani B. (2006) Molecular characterization of ribosomal intergenic spacer in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Notostraca). Genome 49: 888-893.

Luchetti A., Marini M., Mantovani B. (2006) Non-concerted evolution of the RET76 satellite DNA family in Reticulitermes taxa (Insecta, Isoptera). Genetica 128: 123–132.

Scanabissi F., ALFONSO G., Bergamaschi S., Mantovani B. (2006) Primo ritrovamento di Lepidurus couesii Packard, 1875 in Italia. Thalassia Salentina 29: 113-124.

Masetti A., Luchetti A., Sommaggio D., Burgio G., Mantovani B (2006) Phylogeny of Chrysotoxum species (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from morphological and molecular characters. Eur J Entomol 103: 459-467.

Bernicchia A, Fugazzola MA, Gemelli V, Mantovani B, Luchetti A, Cesari M, Speroni E. (2006) DNA recovered and sequenced from an almost 7000 y-old Neolithic polypore, Daedaleopsis tricolor. Mycol Res 110: 14-17.

Luchetti A. (2005) Identification of a short interspersed repeat in Reticulitermes lucifugus (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae) genome. DNA Seq 16: 304-307.

MARESCALCHI O., CESARI M., EDER E., SCANABISSI F., MANTOVANI B. (2005) Chromosomes in sexual populations of Notostracan and Conchostracan taxa (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Caryologia 58: 164-170.

Luchetti A., Mantovani B., Trentini M. (2005). Wolbachia superinfection in an Ecuadorian sample of the sand-flea Tunga penetrans (Preliminary note). Bull Insectology 58: 93-94

 Luchetti A., Mantovani B., Trentini M. (2005) Rapid identification of non-neosomic Tunga penetrans and T. trimamillata (Insecta Siphonaptera) specimens through PCR-RFLP method. Bull Insectology 58: 15-18.

Luchetti A., Mantovani B., PAMPIGLIONE S., Trentini M. (2005) Molecular characterization of Tunga trimamillata and T. penetrans (Insecta, Siphonaptera, Tungidae): taxonomy and genetic variability. Parasite 12: 123-129.

Luchetti A., MARINI M., Mantovani B (2005) Mitochondrial evolutionary rate and speciation in termites: data on European Reticulitermes taxa (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). Insect Soc 52: 218-221.

CESARI M., MARESCALCHI O., FRANCARDI V., MANTOVANI B. (2005) Taxonomy and phylogeny of European Monochamus species: first molecular and karyological data. J Zool Syst Evol Res 43: 1-7.

Bergamaschi S., DaWes-GromadZki T., Luchetti A., Mantovani B., Marini M. (2004) Preliminary molecular analysis of Isoptera taxa from the Australian Northern Territory. Redia LXXXVII: 239-242.

Luchetti A., Bergamaschi S., Marini M., Mantovani B. (2004) Mitochondrial DNA analysis of native European Isoptera: a comparison between Reticulitermes (Rhinotermitidae) and Kalotermes (Kalotermitidae) colonies from Italy and Balkans.  Redia LXXXVII: 149-153.

Mantovani B., Luchetti A., Marini M. (2004) Le termiti eusociali del genere Reticulitermes (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): rilevanza dei marcatori mitocondriali e del DNA satellite per la tassonomia, filogenesi e speciazione dei taxa europei. Atti dell’Accademia Nazionale Italiana di Entomologia, Rendiconti, Anno LII, pag. 153-170.

Cesari M., Mularoni L. , Scanabissi F., Mantovani B. (2004) Characterization of dinucleotide microsatellite loci in the living fossil tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis (Crustacea Branchiopoda). Mol Ecol Notes, 4: 733-735.

Luchetti A., Marino A., Scanabissi F., Mantovani B. (2004) Genomic dynamics of a low copy number satellite DNA family in Leptestheria dahalacensis (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Conchostraca). Gene 342: 313-320.

Luchetti A., Mantovani B., Fioravanti M.L., Trentini M. (2004) Wolbachia Infection in the Newly Described Ecuadorian Sand Flea, Tunga trimamillata. Exp Parasitol 108: 18-23.

DALL’OLIO R., MANTOVANI B., MANARESI S., ZACCANTI F. (2004) Native brown trout Salmo trutta (Salmonidae) in the northern Appennine of Italy: impact of stocking on mt DNA diversity. Riv Idrobiol 42.

Bartolini G., Ammar K., Mantovani B., Scanabissi F., Ferreri A. M., Rocchi P., Orlandi M. (2004) Retinoids and cancer: Antitumoral effect of ATRA and of the new derivative of retinoic acid, IIF, on colon carcinoma cell lines CaCo-2 and HT-29. Anticancer Res 24: 1779-1783.

Mantovani B., Cesari M., Scanabissi F. (2004) Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny in the “living fossil” lineages Triops and Lepidurus (Branchiopoda: Notostraca). Zool Scripta 33: 367-374.

Luchetti A., Trenta M., Mantovani B., Marini M. (2004) Taxonomy and phylogeny of north mediterranean Reticulitermes termites (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): a new insight. Insect Soc 51: 117-122.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B. SCALI V. (2004) Phylogeny and Karyotype evolution of the Iberian Leptynia attenuata species complex (Insecta Phasmatodea). Mol Phylogenet Evol 30: 87-96.

Cesari M., Luchetti A., Passamonti M., Scali V., Mantovani B. (2003) PCR amplification of the Bag320 satellite family reveals the ancestral library and past gene conversion events in Bacillus rossius (Insecta Phasmatodea). Gene 312: 289-295.

LUCHETTI A., CESARI, GIULIANO CARRARA, SANDRO CAVICCHI, MARCO PASSAMONTI, VALERIO SCALI, BARBARA MANTOVANI (2003) Unisexuality and molecular drive: Bag320 sequence diversity in Bacillus taxa (Insecta Phasmatodea). J Mol Evol 56: 587-596.

SCALI V., PASSAMONTI M., MARESCALCHI O. MANTOVANI B. (2003) Linkage between sexual and asexual lineages: genome evolution in Bacillus stick insects. Biol J Linnean Soc 79: 137-150.

ORLANDI M., MANTOVANI B., AMMAR K., AVITABILE E., DAL MONTE P., BARTOLINI G. (2003) Retinoids and cancer: antitumoral effects of ATRA, 9-cis RA and the new retinoid IIF on the HL-60 leukemic cell line. Med Princ Pract 12: 164-169.

ZARATTINI P., ROSSI V., MANTOVANI B., MURA G. (2002) A preliminary study in the use of RAPD markers in detecting genetic differences in hatching patterns of Chirocephalus diaphanus Prévost, 1803 (Crustacea, Anostraca). Hydrobiologia 486: 315-323.

MARINI M., MANTOVANI B. (2002) Molecular relationships among European samples of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 22: 454-459.

MANTOVANI B., FRANCARDI V., BINAZZI A., LECCESE A. (2001) A molecular approach to differentiate the species of Dreyfusia Borner occurring in Italy (Aphidoidea Adelgidae). Redia LXXXIV: 151-159.

MANARESI S., MANTOVANI B., ZACCANTI F. (2001) Egg to adult identification of 13 freshwater fishes from Italy: a biochemical-genetic key. Aquat Sci 63: 182-190.

MANTOVANI B., PASSAMONTI M., SCALI V. (2001) The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene in Bacillus stick-insects: ancestry of hybrids, androgenesis and phyletic relationships. Mol Phylogenet Evol 19: 157-163.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (2000) SDS-PAGE identification of raw and cooked clams of the Veneridae family. J Mar Biol Ass UK 80: 1-2.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1999) Allozymic analysis of some mediterranean Veneridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): preliminary notes on taxonomy and systematics of the family. J Mar Biol Ass UK 79: 899-906.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1999) Karyotype and allozyme characterization of the Iberian Leptynia attenuata species complex (Insecta Phasmatodea). Zool Sci 16: 675-684.

MANTOVANI B. (1998) Satellite Sequence Turnover in Parthenogenetic Systems:  the Apomictic Triploid Hybrid Bacillus lynceorum (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Mol Biol Evol 15: 1288-1297.

MANARESI S., MANTOVANI B., ZACCANTI F. (1998) Comparative analysis of glucosephosphate isomerase, lactate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase isozymes in 9 cyprinid species from Italy. Zool Sci 15: 461-467.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1998) Characterization of a highly repeated DNA family in Tapetinae species (Mollusca Bivalvia: Veneridae). Zool Sci 15: 599-605.

MANTOVANI B., TINTI F., BACHMANN L., SCALI V. (1997) The Bag320 satellite DNA family in Bacillus stick insects (Phasmatodea): different rates of molecular evolution of highly repetitive DNA in bisexual and parthenogenetic taxa. Mol Biol Evol 14: 1197-1205.

MANARESI S., MANTOVANI B., ZACCANTI F. (1997) Comparison of isozymic and muscle protein in three taxa of Leuciscus from northern Italy. It J Zool 64: 215-220.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1997) Allozymic characterization and genetic relationships among four species of Tapetinae (Bivalvia, Veneridae). It J Zool 64: 117-124.

MANARESI S., MANTOVANI B. (1997) First description of two genetic loci in Leuciscus cephalus (Cyprinidae) from Italy. Zool Sci 14: 415-418.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., FROGLIA C. (1997) Allozymic characterization of Scottish and Aegean population of Nephrops norvegicus. J Mar Biol Ass UK 77: 727-735.

PASSAMONTI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., FROGLIA C. (1996/97) Genetic differentiation of european species of Liocarcinus (Crustacea: Portunidae): a gene-enzyme study. Zool Anz 235: 157-164.

MANTOVANI B., TINTI F., BARILANI M., SCALI V. (1996) Current reproductive isolation between ancestors of natural hybrids in Bacillus stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Heredity 77: 261-268.

MANTOVANI B., TINTI F., SCALI V. (1995) Genetic structure and similarity relationships of the unisexual Cyprian Bacillus (Insecta Phasmatodea). Biol Zentr Bl 114: 299-306.

TINTI F., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1995) Reproductive features of homospecific hybridogenetically-derived stick insects suggest how unisexuals can evolve. J Evol Biol 8: 81-92.

STAGNI A.M., VALLISNERI M., QUAGLIA A., MANTOVANI B., ZACCANTI F. (1994) Indagini preliminari sulla caratterizzazione di popolazioni artificiali di carpa (Cyprinus carpio L.) e tinca (Tinca tinca L.). Atti Acc Scienze Ist Bologna, Cl Sc Fisiche, Rend Serie XIV XI: 115-134.

MANTOVANI B., BATISTONI R., NARDI I., SCALI V. (1993) A centromeric satellite DNA of the unisexual Bacillus atticus (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Ins Mol Biol 2: 141-147.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1993) Genetic structure and phyletic relationships of eastern mediterranean Bacillus atticus Brunner (Insecta Phasmatodea): a biochemical study. Biochem Genet 31: 343-362.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1993) Genetic characterization of Bacillus grandii maretimi (n. subsp.) (Insecta Phasmatodea) in relation to its ecology. Vie et Milieu 43: 241-246.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., FROGLIA C. (1992) Allozymic characterization and phyletic relationships among four species of the genus Liocarcinus STIMPSON 1871 (Crustacea Decapoda). Zool Anz 229: 237-247

SCALI V., TINTI F., MANTOVANI B. (1992) From bisexual to unisexual organisms: the case of Bacillus whitei (Insecta Phasmatodea). In: Sex origin and evolution (Dallai R., ed.), pp. 353-368. Selected Symposia and Monographs U.Z.I., Mucchi, Modena.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1992) Allozyme characterization of the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, of two Adriatic trawling grounds. Acta Adriat 33: 209-213.

TINTI F., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1992) Caratterizzazione allozimatica di popolazioni di Bacillus rossius dell'Italia centro-meridionale e della Sicilia (Phasmatodea). Boll Soc Entomol Ital 123: 184-194.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1992) Hybridogenesis and androgenesis in the stick-insect Bacillus rossius-grandii benazzii (Insecta Phasmatodea). Evolution 46: 783-796.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., TINTI F. (1992) New morphological and allozymic characterization of Bacillus whitei and B. lynceorum hybrid complexes (Insecta Phasmatodea). Biol Zent Bl 111: 75-91.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., TINTI F. (1991) Allozyme analysis and phyletic relationships of two new stick insects from north-west Sicily: Bacillus grandii benazzii and B. rossius - grandii benazzii (Insecta Phasmatodea). J Evol Biol 4: 279-290.

SCALI V., MANTOVANI B., TINTI F. (1991) Primi dati sull'ibridogenesi, androgenesi e ginogenesi di Bacillus whitei Nascetti and Bullini (Insecta Phasmatodea). Frustula Entomol, N.S., XII (XXV): 103-108.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1991) Allozymic characterization of Sardinian Bacillus rossius (Rossi) and B. atticus Brunner (Insecta Phasmatodea). Genetica 83: 275-287.

VENTUROLI S., FABBRI R., DAL PRATO L., MANTOVANI B., CAPELLI M., MAGRINI O., FLAMIGNI C. (1990) Ketoconazole therapy for women with acne and/or hirsutism. J Cl Endocr Metab 71: 335-339.

SCALI V., MANTOVANI B., MARESCALCHI O. (1990) Identity between Ramulus libanicus (Uvarov), and Ramulus turcus (Karabag) (Insecta, Phasmatodea): body, egg and chromosome analysis. Zool Scripta 19: 65-71.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., TINTI F. (1990) Allozymatic characterization and taxonomy of Sicilian Bacillus atticus (Insecta Phasmatodea). Biol Zent Bl 109: 33-40.

MANTOVANI B. SCALI V. (1990) Preliminary report on a hybridogenetic stick-insect (Phasmatodea): the first case among invertebrates. Inv Repr Develop 18: 185-188.

MANTOVANI B., SCALI V. (1990) Bacillus atticus (Insecta Phasmatodea) della Sardegna (nuova segnalazione) e suoi rapporti con B. rossius. Frustula Entomol, N.S., XI (1988): 69-73.

SCALI V., MANTOVANI B. 1989) Updating of systematics and speciation mechanisms of Bacillus (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Boll Zool 56: 87-98.

MAZZINI M., MANTOVANI B., SCALI V., NASCETTI G., BULLINI L. (1987) Egg chorion of three new sicilian species of Bacillus (Insecta Phasmatodea): a scanning electron microscope study. Monit Zool Ital (N.S.) 21: 87-98.

SCALI V., MANTOVANI B., MAZZINI M., NASCETTI G., BULLINI L. (1987) Intraspecific ootaxonomy of Bacillus rossius (Rossi) (Insecta Phasmatodea). Boll Zool 54: 41-47.

ROSSINI M.C., MANTOVANI B. (1984) Reattività ai trapianti omoplastici e xenoplastici in larve di Bufo bufo (L.) normali e detimizzate. Atti Acc Scienze Ist Bologna, Cl Sci Fis, Serie XIV: 249-263.

GARAVINI C., ROSSINI M.C., MANTOVANI B. (1982) Quantitative histochemical studies of the effect of levamisole on splenic T-cells in thymectomized Bufo bufo larvae. Cell Tissue Res 227: 595-600.

GARAVINI C., ROSSINI M.C., MANTOVANI B. (1981) Effects of thymectomy on spleen T-cells of Bufo bufo larvae: study with the nonspecific acid esterase technique. Boll Zool 48: 323-327.