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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 to investigate key problems in organismal evolution, and the combination of genomic and paleontological information to study evolution. I am interested in the early Earth, the coevolution of life and Earth, the origin and early diversification of cellular life and eukaryogenesis. I am interested in major evolutionary transitions and I have recently been working at developing a timescale for life on Earth, the origin of animals and the phylogeny of non-bilaterian animals (sponges, jellifishes, comb jellies, corals and the elusive placozoans). I am interested in the evolution of the Ecdysozoa (the moulting animals), particularly the tardigrades (water bears), onychophora (velvet worms) and Arthropoda (insects, millipedes, crustaceans, spiders etc). I use Ecdysozoa as a model to study patterns and processes of colonisation of land. I am intereststed in the evolution of sensory functions (particularly chemoreception and life reception), as detecting these envirounmental cues is key for a diversity of life forms (both unicellular and multicellular). Finally, I am interested in the study and development of phylogenetic-based methods of analyses, and I have been developing and implementing in software supertree reconstruction methods. I have an interest in Astrobiology and I have been collaborating with the NASA Astrobiology institute from 2002 to 2018.
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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
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An ancient, Antarctic-specific species complex: large divergences between multiple Antarctic lineages of the tardigrade genus Mesobiotus
Short, K. A., Sands, C. J., McInnes, S. J., Pisani, D., Stevens, M. I. & Convey, P., 14 Feb 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 170, 14 p., 107429.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Eukaryogenesis and oxygen in Earth history
Mills, D., Boyle, R., Daines, S., Sperling, E. A., Pisani, D., Donoghue, P. C. J. & Lenton, T., 21 Apr 2022, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6, p. 520-532Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles
Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J. F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M. K., Newton, A. F., Leschen, R. A. B., Gimmel, M., Liang, L., Engel, M. S., Huang, D., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 23 Mar 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 3, p. 1-19 19 p., 211771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data from: Bayesian methods outperform parsimony but at the expense of precision in the estimation of phylogeny from discrete morphological data
O'Reilly, J. E. (Contributor), Puttick, M. N. (Contributor), Parry, L. (Contributor), Tanner, A. R. (Contributor), Tarver, J. E. (Contributor), Fleming, J. (Contributor), Pisani, D. (Contributor) & Donoghue, P. C. J. (Contributor), Dryad, 22 Mar 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.10qf3, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.10qf3
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Data from: Molecular clocks indicate turnover and diversification of modern coleoid cephalopods during the Mesozoic Marine Revolution
Tanner, A. R. (Contributor), Fuchs, D. (Contributor), Winkelmann, I. E. (Contributor), Gilbert, M. T. P. (Contributor), Pankey, M. S. (Contributor), Ribeiro, A. M. (Contributor), Kocot, K. M. (Contributor), Halanych, K. M. (Contributor), Oakley, T. H. (Contributor), da Fonseca, R. R. (Contributor), Pisani, D. (Contributor) & Vinther, J. (Contributor), Dryad, 17 Feb 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.180nh, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.180nh
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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
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Activities
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BMC Evolutionary Biology (Journal)
Davide Pisani (Editorial board member)
21 Oct 2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity