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Research interests
My research is at the interface of molecular and organismal biology. I am interested in the application of comparative genomics (including novel genomic markers - e.g. microRNAs) to investigate key problems in organismal evolution. Currently addressed problems include early animal evolution and the evolution of sensorial reception (particularly vision) in early animal evolution. A major driver of this research line is to understand the factors that caused the animals to radiate only during the Cambrian despite their early (Cryogenian) origins. Further to that I am interested in the evolution of the Ecdysozoa, particularly the Arthropoda, and the process through which arthropods colonised the land. Finally, I am extremely interested in early evolution, which underpinned the origin of the major prokaryotic lineages and eukaryogenesis. I am not, however, only interested in comparative genomics; a strong focus of my research group is in the development of novel phylogenetic methods and analytical protocols. These include supertree methods, methods to distinguish phylogenetic from non-phylogenetic signals, and approaches to differentiate homologous from homoplastic similarity in morphological data sets.
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Projects
How are visual gene pathways lost and restored during reptile evolution?
Fonseca Simoes, B., Sanders, K., Hunt, D. M., Breen, J., Hutchinson, M., Pisani, D., Chang, B., Teeling, E. C., Ford, M. & Ludington, A.
17/09/18 → 17/09/21
Project: Research
IGNITE: Comparative genomics of non-model invertebrates (ITN - Davide Pisani)
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Evol-Eyes: Elaboration and degeneration of complex traits: The visual systems of lizards and snakes (Evol-Eyes)
Fonseca Simoes, B., Pisani, D. & Sanders, K.
2/10/16 → 2/10/19
Project: Research
Research Output
A Cambrian–Ordovician terrestrialization of arachnids
Lozano-Fernandez, J., Tanner, A., Puttick, M. N., Vinther, J., Edgecombe, GD. & Pisani, D., 11 Mar 2020, In : Frontiers in Genetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Open Access
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A draft genome sequence of the elusive giant squid, Architeuthis dux
da Fonseca, R. R., Couto, A., Machado, A. M., Brejova, B., Albertin, C. B., Silva, F., Gardner, P., Baril, T., Hayward, A., Campos, A., Ribeiro, Â. M., Barrio-Hernandez, I., Hoving, H-J., Tafur-Jimenez, R., Chu, C., Frazão, B., Petersen, B., Peñaloza, F., Musacchia, F., Alexander, G. C. & 24 others, , 16 Jan 2020, In : GigaScience. 9, 1, 12 p., giz152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Open Access
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A novel approach to investigate the effect of tree reconstruction artifacts in single gene analysis clarifies opsin evolution in non-bilaterian metazoans
Fleming, J. F., Feuda, R., Roberts, N. W. & Pisani, D., 7 Feb 2020, In : Genome Biology and Evolution. evaa015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Open Access
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Datasets
Data from: Cambrian sessile, suspension feeding stem-group ctenophores and evolution of the comb jelly body plan.
Zhao, Y. (Creator), Vinther, J. (Creator), Parry, L. A. (Creator), Wei, F. (Creator), Green, E. (Creator), Pisani, D. (Creator), Hou, X. (Creator), Edgecombe, G. D. (Creator), Cong, P. (Creator) & Vinther, J. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 7 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.5523/bris.3gtbev317bota26mz8dou93cq6, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3gtbev317bota26mz8dou93cq6
Dataset
Data & Scripts from Beavan et al. (2020): Performance of a priori and a posteriori calibration strategies in divergence time estimation.
Pisani, D. (Creator), Beavan, A. J. S. (Contributor), Donoghue , P. C. J. (Contributor) & Beaumont, M. A. (Contributor), University of Bristol, 2 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.5523/bris.uopumskkuech206ueqdxpcrif, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/uopumskkuech206ueqdxpcrif
Dataset
Activities
- 1 Editorial activity
BMC Evolutionary Biology (Journal)
Davide Pisani (Editorial board member)
21 Oct 2011
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity