Publications by Luisa Orsini

 

International journals

  • Orsini, L., Corander., J., Alasentie, A. & Hanski, I (in prep). Genetic spatial structure in a butterfly metapopulation correlates better with past than present demographic structure.
  • Orsini, L., Wheat, W. C., Kvist, J., Frilander, M. and Hanski, I. (in prep). Fitness traits correlate with a single nucleotide polymorphism at the Pgi locus in the Glanville fritillary butterfly.
  • Wirta, H., Orsini, L. & Hanski I. (submitted). An old adaptive radiation of forest dung beetles in Madagascar. Evolution
  • Orsini, L., Koivulehto, H. & Hanski, I. (2007) Molecular Evolution and Radiation of Dung Beetles in Madagascar. Cladistics 23: 145-168.
  • Orsini, L., Pajunen, M, Hanski, I. & Savilahti, H. (2007). SNP discovery by mismatch-targeting of Mu transposition. Nucleic Acids Research 35 (6) e44.
  • Mirol, P.M., Schäfer M.A., Orsini, L., Routtu, J., Schlötterer, C., Hoikkala, A. & Butlin, R.K. (2007). Contrasting phylogeographic patterns in Drosophila virilis and Drosophila montana. Molecular Ecology 16: 1085-1097.
  • Schäfer M.A., Orsini, L, McAllister, B.F. & Schlötterer, C. (2006). Patterns of microsatellite variation trough a transition zone of a chromosomal cline in Drosophila americana. Heredity 97: 291-295.
  • Amato, A., Orsini, L., D´Alelio, D. & Montresor, M. (2005) Life cycle, size reduction patterns and ultrastructure of the pennate planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 41: 542-556
  • Cerino, F., Orsini, L., Sarno, D., Dell'Aversano, C., Tartaglione, L. & Zingone, A. (2005). The alternation of different morphotypes in the seasonal cycle of the toxic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia galaxiae. Harmful Algae 4: 33-48.
  • Orsini, L., Huttunen, S. & Schlötterer, C. (2004) A multilocus microsatellite phylogeny of the Drosophila virilis group. Heredity 93: 161-165.
  • Orsini, L. & Schlötterer, C. (2004). Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in Drosophila montana and their cross species amplification in D. virilis. Molecular Ecology Notes 4 (3): 412-414.
  • Orsini, L., Procaccini, G., Sarno & D., Montresor, M. (2004) Multiple rDNA ITS-types within the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) and their relative abundance across a spring bloom in the Gulf of Naples. Marine Ecology Progress Series 271:87-98.
  • Montresor M., Lovejoy C., Orsini L., Procaccini G. & Roy, S. (2003) Bipolar distribution of the cyst-forming dinoflagellate Polarella glacialis. Polar Biology 26: 186-194.
  • Procaccini G., Ruggiero M.V. & Orsini L. (2002) Genetic structure and distribution of microsatellite diversity in Posidonia oceanica over the whole Mediterranean basin. Bulletin of Marine Science 71: 1291-1297.
  • Orsini, L., Sarno, D., Procaccini, G., Poletti, R., Dahlmann, J. & Montresor M. (2002) Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata (Bacillariophyceae) from the Gulf of Naples: morphology, toxin analysis and phylogenetic relationships with other Pseudo-nitzschia species. European Journal of Phycology, 37: 247-257.
  • Ruggiero M.V., Orsini L. & Procaccini G. (2001). Depth-related genetic structure in populations of endemic and introduced seagrass species: Posidonia oceanica and Halophila stipulacea. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 8: 1-10.
  • Procaccini G., Orsini L., Ruggiero M.V.& Scardi M. (2001) Spatial patterns of genetic diversity in Posidonia oceanica, an endemic Mediterranean seagrass. Molecular Ecology, 10: 1413-1421.
  • Procaccini G., Orsini L. & Ruggiero M.V. (2000) Genetic structure and distribution of microsatellite diversity in Posidonia oceanica. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 7 (2): 115-118.
Book chapters
  • Orsini L., Acunto S., Piazzi L. & Procaccini G. (2001). Sexual reproduction and recruitment in Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, a genetic diversity study. In: Faranda, F.M. Guglielmo L. and Spezie G. (Eds.), Mediterranean Ecosystem: Structures and Processes. Springer-Verlag , Berlin Heidelberg. Cap. 50: 385-389.