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CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Surname VENTURA
Forename MARIO
Date of birth 11th October, 1975
Sex Male
Nationality Italian
Marital status Single
Present address University of BARI,
Dipartimento di Biologia
Via Amendola 165/A – Bari 70126
Phone: 00390805443583 - Fax: 0039 080 5443386
e-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
21 July 1999 Graduate in Biological Sciences, University of Bari, (Italy) with “110/110
cum laude” (equivalent to First Class Honors) with the thesis in Cytogenetics “evolution
of chromosome X in Lemurs”
02 January 2004 Researcher (Assistant Professor, permanent position) at the
Biotechnology Sciences Faculty (Actual position)
07 March 2003 Ph.D in Genetics and Molecular Evolution, University of Bari, with the
thesis “Human Genome Plasticity: Pericentromeric regions and Neocentromeres”
DIDACTICS ACTIVITIES
As PhD student:
2000-2001 Cytogenetics course in Biological Science (MM.FF.NN. Faculty)
2001-2002 Genetics course in Biological Science (MM.FF.NN. Faculty)
2002-2003 Genetics course in Biological Science (MM.FF.NN. Faculty)
2002-2003 Genetics and Genetics engineering course in “Biotecnologie Sanitarie e
Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
As Assistant Professor:
2003-2004 Genetics and Genetics engineering course in “Biotecnologie Sanitarie e
Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty )
2004-2005 Genetics and Genetics engineering course in “Biotecnologie Sanitarie e
Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty )
2004-2005 Gene Therapy and Human Cytogenetics Laboratory course in Medical
Biotecnology (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty )
2005-2006 Genetics and Genetics engineering course in “Biotecnologie Sanitarie e
Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
2006-2007 Genetics and Genetics engineering course in “Biotecnologie Sanitarie e
Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
2007-2008 Genetics and Genetics engineering course in “Biotecnologie Sanitarie e
Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
2007-2008 Medical Genetics and Laboratory of human diseases course in “Biotecnologie
Sanitarie e Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
2008-2009 Genetics and Genetics engineering course in “Biotecnologie Sanitarie e
Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
2008-2009 Medical Genetics and Laboratory of human diseases course in “Biotecnologie
Sanitarie e Farmaceutiche” (Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
2008-2009 Laboratory of human cytogenetics course in Medical Biotechnology
(Biotechnology Sciences Faculty)
2011-2012 Molecular genetics and genetics engineering in Medical and pharmaceutical
Biotechnology
2012-2013 Molecular genetics and genetics engineering in Medical and pharmaceutical
Biotechnology
2012-2013 Genetics and Biometry in Medical and pharmaceutical Biotechnology
In these years I was tutor of several students in their Master Degree Thesis in Biological
Sciences and Biotechnology Science Faculty.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
2004-2008 Apprenticeship Commission member in the Biotechnology Sciences Faculty
2004-2012 Assistant Professor in PhD School in Genomics and Proteomics
RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan 2010-Nov 2011 Visiting assistant Professor at Genome Science Department
(University of Washington – Seattle - Washington)
May-October 2009 Visiting Scholar at Genome Science Department (University of
Washington – Seattle - Washington)
August-Nov 2008 Visiting Scholar at Genome Science Department (University of
Washington – Seattle - Washington)
March-October 2007 Assistant Professor at Genome Science Department (University of
Washington – Seattle - Washington)
Since January 2004 Assistant Professor in Genetics at the Biotechnology Sciences
Faculty (Bari University, Italy)
07/03 PhD (Doctoral Degree) in Genetics and Molecular Evolution
1/12/02 Co.Co.Co grant at Genetics and Microbiology Department sponsored by
INPRIMAT (European Community Association)
11/00-08/01 Experience at the Newcastle University (UK) in the Human Genetics
Laboratory, supervisor M.S. Jackson studying the chromosome 10 pericentromeric region
in baboon
2000-2003 PhD student position in Genetics and Molecular Evolution, directed by
Mariano Rocchi, Faculty of Biological Sciences, working on 1) Karyotype evolution
(Cardone et al., 2002); 2) Neocentromere emergences during evolution and human
clinical case (Ventura et al., 2003-2004); 3) Pericentromeric region analysis by building
contigs in no-human Primates and 4) Segmental duplication and recurrence of
chromosomal rearrangements.
01/01 Principal Investigator in “Young Researchers Project” for the project “BAC probe
database as Molecular Cytogenetic Resource” at the University of Bari (Italy)
1999-2000 Post-Degree training in Prof. Mariano Rocchi’ laboratory, at the Genetics
Section (DAPEG)
21/07/99 University Degree “summa cum laude” in Biological Sciences at Bari
University
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
24-27/09/12 Oral presentation at 12th FISV-Rome "Gorilla genome structural variation
reveals evolutionary parallelisms with chimpanzee"
07-08/04/06 2nd International Meeting on Cryptic Chromosomal Rearrangements
in Mental Retardation and Autism. Troina (EN), Italy.
20-22/10/05 Communication “Evolutionary Centromere repositioning” during the “arrayCGH and Molecular Cytogenetic conference” (Bari, Italy)
1-2/02 Confocal Microscopy Course – Labo-Biotech (Bari, Italy)
18-19/01 RT-PCR course Genetics and Microbiology Department (Bari, Italy)
01/10/04 Oral communication “Centromere reuse in the evolution” at “arrayCGH and
Molecular Cytogenetic conference” (Cambridge, UK)
15-19/10/02 52º “Annual Meeting” of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
Baltimore (MD)
24-27/9/02 V National Congress of “Societa’ Italiana di Genetica Umana” (SIGU) at
Verona (Italy)
20-24/8/02 4º Molecular Cytogenetics and DNA Arrays Course sponsored by European
School of Genetic Medicine at Bertinoro (Bologna, Italy)
28-30/11/01 IV National Congress of “Societa’ Italiana di Genetica Umana” (SIGU) at
Orvieto (TN, Italy)
18-20/11/01 Oral communication at the X Scientific Convention “Telethon”. Riva del
Garda, Italy)
12-16/10/01 51º “Annual Meeting” of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
San Diego (CA)
19-22/04/01 Oral communication “Centromere repositioning in Lemurs” at the HGM
2001 Edinburgh, Scotland
19-21/06/00 A.G.I. Course “Structural and Functional analysis of the Genome”.
(Crotona, AR, Italy)
14-18/11/99 First course of “Molecular Cytogenetics” in Sestri Levante (Genoa)
29/9-1/10/99 Oral Communication “Evolution of X chromosome in Lemurs” at the 2º
SIGU Congress (Orvieto, Italy)
MERMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
2010 BMC Genomics Associate editor
2007 Reviewer activity for Fulbright Commission
25-26/09/04 Faculty member for the Symposium “Human Genome Evolution”
10/08/04 Quality Board member for the Research Infrastructure to Promote Primate
Molecular Biology (INPRIMAT)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
2001 EMBO Short term fellowship for the project “Evolution of pericentromeric regions
and their plasticity”. The project was performed at the Newcastle University in the
Human Genetics Laboratory (Tom Strachan Director).
2006 Winner of the prize “Cataldus d’Argento”. Selection for the best young Italian
researcher (work field).
2007 Fulbright Research Scholarship for the project “Research Project: Human Genome
Structural Variation and Genetic Disease”. The project was performed at the University
of Washington- Seattle (Dr. E.E.Eichler).
2007 Winner for the competition “Premio Ponzano per la scienza”. Selection for the best
young Italian researcher.
FUNDING
As Principal Investigator:
2010 Futuro in Ricerca 2010-RBFR103CE3 (3 years)
2007 PRIN about “Genomic Organization and Sequence Characterization of Primate
Pericentromeric Regions” 2007Z5X4YA_001 (3 years)
2007-2003 post-doc position funding for the project: BAC contigs through genomic
library screenings to characterize pericentromeric regions in Primates”
2005 National University Funding about “Neocentromeres analysis in clinical cases and
evolution”
2004 National University Funding about “Chromosomal inversions and segmental
duplications”
As part of research group:
2010 ERC in co-PI with Tomas Marques-Bonet Identification and characterization of
primate structural variation and an assessment of intra-specific patterns of selection and
copy-number variation” ESR-LS2_260372 (3 years)
2005 PRIN for the project: New methodological approach to reveal paracentric inversion.
Principal Investigator: Prof.ssa Nicoletta Archidiacono
2004 PRIN for the project: Human Genome Plasticity. Principal Investigator: Prof.
Mariano Rocchi
2004 INPRIMAT funding from European community to set up a European Primates
Consortium.
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
LANGUAGES
Italian, mother language
English, excellent level
PUBLICATIONS
RESEARCH PAPERS
1.
GIULIANA GIANNUZZI, PRISCILLIA SISWARA, MAIKA MALIG, TOMAS MARQUES-BONET,
JAMES C MULLIKIN, VENTURA M, AND EVAN E EICHLER (in PRESS). Evolutionary dynamism of
the primate LRRC37 gene family . GENOME RESEARCH, ISSN: 1088-9051
2. BICKHART DM, HOU Y, SCHROEDER SG, ALKAN C, CARDONE MF, MATUKUMALLI LK,
SONG J, SCHNABEL RD, VENTURA M, TAYLOR JF, GARCIA JF, VAN TASSELL CP,
SONSTEGARD TS, EICHLER EE, LIU GE. (2012). Copy number variation of individual cattle genomes
using next-generation sequencing.. GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 4, p. 778-790, ISSN: 1088-9051
3. HOLLY K. TABOR1, , JEFFREY C. MURRAY, HILARY S. GAMMILL, JACOB O. KITZMAN,
MATTHEW W. SNYDER, VENTURA M, ALEXANDRA P. LEWIS, RUOLAN QIU, LAVONE E.
SIMMONS, CRAIG E. RUBENS, 8, DONNA A. SANTILLAN, EVAN E. EICHLER, MICHAEL J.
BAMSHAD, JAY SHENDURE (2012). Non-Invasive Fetal Genome Sequencing: Opportunities and
Challenges. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS. PART A, ISSN: 1552-4825
4. KITZMAN JO, SNYDER MW, VENTURA M, LEWIS AP, QIU R, SIMMONS LE, GAMMILL HS,
RUBENS CE, SANTILLAN DA, MURRAY JC, TABOR HK, BAMSHAD MJ, EICHLER EE,
SHENDURE J. (2012). Non-invasive whole genome sequencing of a human fetus. SCIENCE
TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, vol. 137, ISSN: 1946-6234
5. PRÜFER K, MUNCH K, HELLMANN I, AKAGI K, MILLER JR, WALENZ B, KOREN S, SUTTON G,
KODIRA C, WINER R, KNIGHT JR, MULLIKIN JC, MEADER SJ, PONTING CP, LUNTER G,
HIGASHINO S, HOBOLTH A, DUTHEIL J, KARAKOÇ E, ALKAN C, SAJJADIAN S, CATACCHIO
CR, VENTURA M, MARQUES-BONET T, EICHLER EE, ANDRÉ C, ATENCIA R, MUGISHA L,
JUNHOLD J, PATTERSON N, SIEBAUER M, GOOD JM, FISCHER A, PTAK SE, LACHMANN M,
SYMER DE, MAILUND T, SCHIERUP MH, ANDRÉS AM, KELSO J, PÄÄBO S. (2012). The bonobo
genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes. NATURE, vol. 7404, p. 527-531, ISSN:
0028-0836
6. VENTURA M, CATACCHIO CR, SAJJADIAN S, VIVES L, SUDMANT PH, MARQUES-BONET T,
GRAVES TA, WILSON RK, EICHLER EE. (2012). The evolution of African great ape subtelomeric
heterochromatin and the fusion of human chromosome 2.. GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 6, p. 1036-1049,
ISSN: 1088-9051
7. GIANNUZZI G, D'ADDABBO P, GASPARRO M, MARTINELLI M, CARELLI F.N, VENTURA M.
(2011). Analysis of high-identity segmental duplications in the grapevine genome. BMC GENOMICS,
ISSN: 1471-2164
8. ALKAN C, CARDONE MF, CATACCHIO CR, ANTONACCI F, O'BRIEN SJ, RYDER OA, PURGATO
S, ZOLI M, DELLA VALLE G, EICHLER EE, VENTURA M. (2011). Genome-wide characterization of
centromeric satellites from multiple mammalian genomes. GENOME RESEARCH, vol. Jan;(21)1; p. 137145, ISSN: 1088-9051
9. FILIOLI URANIO M, VALENTINI L, LANGE-CONSIGLIO A, CAIRA M, GUARICCI AC, L'ABBATE
A, CATACCHIO CR, VENTURA M., CREMONESI F, DELL'AQUILA ME (2011). Isolation,
proliferation, cytogenetic, and molecular characterization and in vitro differentiation potency of canine
stem cells from foetal adnexa: A comparative study of amniotic fluid, amnion, and umbilical cord matrix.
MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, vol. 5; p. 361-373, ISSN: 1040-452X
10. HORMOZDIARI F, ALKAN C, VENTURA M., HAJIRASOULIHA I, MALIG M, HACH F,
YORUKOGLU D, DAO P, BAKHSHI M, SAHINALP SC, EICHLER EE (2011). Alu repeat discovery
and characterization within human genomes. GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 1; p. 840-849, ISSN: 1088-9051
11. HOU Y, LIU GE, BICKHART DM, CARDONE MF, WANG K, KIM ES, MATUKUMALLI LK,
VENTURA M., SONG J, VANRADAN PM, SONSTEGARD TS, VAN TASSELL CP (2011). Genomic
characteristics of cattle copy number variations. BMC GENOMICS, vol. 12; p. 127, ISSN: 1471-2164
12. LIU GE, BROWN T, HEBERT DA, CARDONE MF, HOU Y, CHOUDHARY RK, SHAFFER J,
AMAZU C, CONNOR EE, VENTURA M., GASBARRE LC (2011). Initial analysis of copy number
variations in cattle selected for resistance or susceptibility to intestinal nematodes. MAMMALIAN
GENOME, vol. 22; p. 111-121, ISSN: 0938-8990
13. VENTURA M., CLAUDIA R. CATACCHIO, CAN ALKAN, TOMAS MARQUES-BONET, SABA
SAJJADIAN, TINA A. GRAVES, FEREYDOUN HORMOZDIARI, ARCADI NAVARRO, MAIKA
MALIG, CARL BAKER, CHOLI LEE, EMILY H. TURNER, LIN CHEN, JEFFREY M. KIDD,
NICOLETTA ARCHIDIACONO, JAY SHENDURE, RICHARD K. WILSON, AND EVAN E. EICHLER
(2011). Gorilla genome structural variation reveals evolutionary parallelisms with chimpanzee. GENOME
RESEARCH, ISSN: 1088-9051
14. ANTONACCI F, KIDD JM, MARQUES-BONET T, TEAGUE B, VENTURA M., GIRIRAJAN S,
ALKAN C, CAMPBELL CD, VIVES L, MALIG M, ROSENFELD JA, BALLIF BC, SHAFFER LG,
GRAVES TA, WILSON RK, SCHWARTZ DC, EICHLER EE (2010). A large and complex structural
polymorphism at 16p12.1 underlies microdeletion disease risk. NATURE GENETICS, vol. 9; p. 745-750,
ISSN: 1061-4036
15. JEFFREY M KIDD, NICK SAMPAS, FRANCESCA ANTONACCI, TINA GRAVES, ROBERT
FULTON, HILLARY S HAYDEN, CAN ALKAN, MAIKA MALIG, VENTURA M., GIULIANA
GIANNUZZI, JOELLE KALLICKI, PAIGE ANDERSON, ANYA TSALENKO, N ALICE YAMADA,
PETER TSANG, RAJINDER KAUL, RICHARD K WILSON, LAURAKAY BRUHN EVAN E
EICHLER (2010). Characterization of missing human genome sequences and copy-number polymorphic
insertions. NATURE METHODS, vol. 7; p. 365-371, ISSN: 1548-7091
16. LIU GE, HOU Y, ZHU B, CARDONE MF, JIANG L, CELLAMARE A, MITRA A, ALEXANDER LJ,
COUTINHO LL, DELL'AQUILA ME, GASBARRE LC, LACALANDRA G, LI RW, MATUKUMALLI
LK, NONNEMAN D, REGITANO LC, SMITH TP, SONG J, SONSTEGARD TS, VAN TASSELL CP,
VENTURA M., EICHLER EE, MCDANELD TG, KEELE JW (2010). Analysis of copy number
variations among diverse cattle breeds. GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 8, ISSN: 1088-9051
17. ANTONACCI F, KIDD JM, MARQUES-BONET T, VENTURA M., SISWARA P, JIANG Z, EICHLER
EE (2009). Characterization of six human disease-associated inversion polymorphisms. HUMAN
MOLECULAR GENETICS, vol. 14; p. 2555-2566, ISSN: 0964-6906
18. BEKPEN C, MARQUES-BONET T, ALKAN C, ANTONACCI F, LEOGRANDE MB, VENTURA M.,
KIDD JM, SISWARA P, HOWARD JC, EICHLER EE (2009). Death and resurrection of the human
IRGM gene. PLOS GENETICS, vol. 3, ISSN: 1553-7404
19. CELLAMARE A, CATACCHIO CR, ALKAN C, GIANNUZZI G, ANTONACCI F, CARDONE MF,
DELLA VALLE G, MALIG M, ROCCHI M, VENTURA M. (2009). New insight into Centromere
Organization and Evolution from the White-Cheeked gibbon and Marmoset. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
AND EVOLUTION, vol. 8; p. 1889-1900, ISSN: 0737-4038
20. DEGENHARDT JD, DE CANDIA P, CHABOT A, SCHWARTZ S, HENDERSON L, LING B, HUNTER
M, JIANG Z, PALERMO RE, KATZE M, EICHLER EE, VENTURA M., ROGERS J, MARX P, GILAD
Y, BUSTAMANTE CD (2009). Copy number variation of CCL3-like genes affects rate of progression to
simian-AIDS in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). PLOS GENETICS, vol. 1, ISSN: 1553-7404
21. LIU GE, VENTURA M., CELLAMARE A, CHEN L, CHENG Z, ZHU B, LI C, SONG J, EICHLER EE
(2009). Analysis of recent segmental duplications in the bovine genome. BMC GENOMICS, vol. 10; p.
571-572, ISSN: 1471-2164
22. MARQUES BONET T, JEFFREY M. KIDD, VENTURA M., TINA A. GRAVES, ZE CHENG,
LADEANA W. HILLIER, ZHAOSHI JIANG, CARL BAKER, RAY MALFAVON-BORJA, LUCINDA
A. FULTON, CAN ALKAN, GOZDE AKSAY, SANTHOSH GIRIRAJAN, PRISCILLIA SISWARA,
LIN CHEN, MARIA FRANCESCA CARDONE, ARCADI NAVARRO, ELAINE R. MARDIS,
RICHARD K. WILSON EVAN E. EICHLER (2009). A burst of segmental duplications in the genome of
the African great ape ancestor. NATURE, vol. 457; p. 877-881, ISSN: 0028-0836
23. NICHOLAS TJ, CHENG Z, VENTURA M., MEALEY K, EICHLER EE, AKEY JM (2009). The
genomic architecture of segmental duplications and associated copy number variants in dogs. GENOME
RESEARCH, ISSN: 1088-9051
24. GADALETA, A. E. BLECHL, S. NGUYEN, M. F. CARDONE, VENTURA M., J. S. QUICK, A.
BLANCO (2008). Stably expressed D-genome-derived HMW glutenin subunit genes transformed into
different durum wheat genotypeschange dough mixing properties. MOLECULAR BREEDING, ISSN:
1380-3743
25. CARDONE MF, JIANG Z, D'ADDABBO P, ARCHIDIACONO N, ROCCHI M, EICHLER EE,
VENTURA M. (2008). Hominoid chromosomal rearrangements on 17q map to complex regions of
segmental duplication. GENOME BIOLOGY, vol. 2, ISSN: 1474-760X
26. GIRIRAJAN S, CHEN L, GRAVES T, MARQUES T, VENTURA M., FRONICK C, FULTON L,
ROCCHI M, FULTON RS, WILSON RK, MARDIS ER, EICHLER EE (2008). Sequencing human-gibbon
breakpoints of synteny reveals mosaic new insertions at rearrangement sites. GENOME RESEARCH,
ISSN: 1088-9051
27. M. C. ZODY, Z. JIANG, H. C. FUNG, F. ANTONACCI, L. HILLIER, M.F. CARDONE, T.A. GRAVES,
J.M. KIDD, Z. CHENG, AMR ABOUELLEIL, L. CHEN, J. WALLIS, J. GLASSCOCK, R.K. WILSON,
A.D. REILY, J. DUCKWORTH, VENTURA M., J. HARDY, W. WARREN AND E.E. EICHLER (2008).
Evolutionary toggling of the mapt 17q21.31 inversion region. NATURE GENETICS, vol. 40; p. 10761083, ISSN: 1061-4036
28. SHARP AJ, MEFFORD HC, LI K, BAKER C, SKINNER C, STEVENSON RE, SCHROER RJ,
NOVARA F, DE GREGORI M, CICCONE R, BROOMER A, CASUGA I, WANG Y, XIAO C,
BARBACIORU C, GIMELLI G, BERNARDINA BD, TORNIERO C, GIORDA R, REGAN R,
MURDAY V, MANSOUR S, FICHERA M, CASTIGLIA L, FAILLA P, VENTURA M., JIANG Z,
COOPER GM, KNIGHT SJ, ROMANO C, ZUFFARDI O, CHEN C, SCHWARTZ CE, EICHLER EE
(2008). A recurrent 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome associated with mental retardation and seizures.
NATURE GENETICS, ISSN: 1061-4036
29. STANYON R, ROCCHI M, CAPOZZI O, ROBERTO R, MISCEO D, VENTURA M., CARDONE MF,
BIGONI F, ARCHIDIACONO N (2008). Primate chromosome evolution: Ancestral karyotypes, marker
order and neocentromeres. CHROMOSOME RESEARCH, vol. 1; p. 17-39, ISSN: 0967-3849
30. ALKAN C, VENTURA M., ARCHIDIACONO N, ROCCHI M, SAHINALP SC, EICHLER EE (2007).
Organization and evolution of primate centromeric DNA from whole-genome shotgun sequence data.
PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, vol. 9; p. 1807-1818, ISSN: 1553-7358
31. CARDONE MF, LOMIENTO M, TETI MG, MISCEO D, ROBERTO R, CAPOZZI O, D'ADDABBO P,
VENTURA M., ROCCHI M, ARCHIDIACONO N (2007). Evolutionary history of chromosome 11
featuring four distinct centromere repositioning events in Catarrhini 7 Jul;90(1):35-43. GENOMICS, vol.
90; p. 35-43, ISSN: 0888-7543
32. JIANG Z, TANG H, VENTURA M., CARDONE MF, MARQUES-BONET T, SHE X, PEVZNER PA,
EICHLER EE (2007). Ancestral reconstruction of segmental duplications reveals punctuated cores of
human genome evolution. NATURE GENETICS, ISSN: 1061-4036
33. MEFFORD HC, CLAUIN S, SHARP AJ, MOLLER RS, ULLMANN R, KAPUR R, PINKEL D,
COOPER GM, VENTURA M., ROPERS HH, TOMMERUP N, EICHLER EE, BELLANNECHANTELOT C (2007). Recurrent reciprocal genomic rearrangements of 17q12 are associated with renal
disease, diabetes, and epilepsy. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS, vol. 5; p. 1057-1069,
ISSN: 0002-9297
34. VENTURA M., ANTONACCI F, CARDONE MF, STANYON R, D'ADDABBO P, CELLAMARE A,
SPRAGUE LJ, EICHLER EE, ARCHIDIACONO N, ROCCHI M (2007). Evolutionary formation of new
centromeres in macaque. SCIENCE, vol. 13; p. 243-246, ISSN: 0036-8075
35. CARDONE, M. F, ALONSO, A, PAZIENZA, M, VENTURA M., M, MONTEMURRO, G, CARBONE,
L, DE JONG, P. J, STANYON, R, D'ADDABBO, P, ARCHIDIACONO, N, SHE, X, EICHLER, E. E,
WARBURTON, P. E, ROCCHI, M (2006). Independent centromere formation in a capricious, gene-free
domain of chromosome 13q21 in Old World monkeys and pigs. GENOME BIOLOGY, vol. 7; p. R91,
ISSN: 1474-7596
36. JOHNSON M.E, NISC COMPARATIVE SEQUENCING PROGRAM, CHENG ZE, MORRISON V.
ANNE, SCHERE, S, VENTURA M., GIBBS R. A, GREEN E. D, EICHLER, EVAN E (2006). Eukaryotic
Transposable Elements and Genome Evolution Special Feature: Recurrent duplication-driven transposition
of DNA during hominoid evolution. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, vol. 103; p. 17626-17631, ISSN: 0027-8424
37. SHE X, LIU G, VENTURA M., ZHAO S, MISCEO D, ROBERTO R, CARDONE MF, ROCCHI M,
NISC COMPARATIVE SEQUENCING PROGRAM, GREEN ED, ARCHIDIACANO N, EICHLER EE
(2006). A preliminary comparative analysis of primate segmental duplications shows elevated substitution
rates and a great-ape expansion of intrachromosomal duplications. GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 16; p. 576583, ISSN: 1088-9051
38. CONSORTIUM, M. ROCCHI, N. ARCHIDIACONO, VENTURA M. (2005). Initial sequence of the
chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome. NATURE, vol. 7055; p. 88-93, ISSN: 00280836
39. HORVATH, J.E., GULDEN, C.L., VALLENTE, R. U., EICHLER, M. Y., VENTURA M., M.,
MCPHERSON, J.D., GRAVES, T., WILSON, R., SCHWARTZ, S., ROCCHI, M., AND EICHLER, E.E.
(2005). Punctuated duplication seeding events during the evolution of human chromosome 2p11.
GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 7; p. 914-927, ISSN: 1088-9051
40. NEWMAN TL, TUZUN E, MORRISON VA, HAYDEN KE, VENTURA M., MCGRATH SD, ROCCHI
M, EICHLER EE. (2005). A genome-wide survey of structural variation between human and chimpanzee.
GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 10; p. 1344-1356, ISSN: 1088-9051
41. VENTURA M., BONIOTTO M, MONTEMURRO G, SEGAT L, MARZILIANO N, CROVELLA S.
(2005). Comparative localization of the mannose-binding lectin-2 (MBL2) gene in non-human primates.
CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 2; p. 186, ISSN: 1424-8581
42. ZE CHENG, VENTURA M., XINWEI SHE, DEANNA CHURCH, KAZU OSOEGAWA, TINA
GRAVES, RICHARD K. WILSON, PIETER DEJONG, PHILIPP KHAITOVICH, SVANTE PAABO,
MARIANO ROCCHI AND EVAN E. EICHLER (2005). A Genome-wide Comparison of Recent Human
and Chimpanzee Segmental Duplications. NATURE, vol. 7055; p. 88-93, ISSN: 0028-0836
43. JA. BAILEY, DM. CHURCH, VENTURA M., M. ROCCHI AND EE. EICHLER (2004). An Analysis of
Segmental Duplications and Genome Assembly in the Mouse. GENOME RESEARCH, vol. 5; p. 789-801,
ISSN: 1088-9051
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