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1. Lindo J, Achilli A, Perego U, Archer D, Valdiosera C, Petzelt B, Mitchell J, Worl R, Dixon EJ, Fifield TE, Rasmussen M, Willerslev E, Cybulski J, Kemp B, De Giorgio M, Malhi RS. Ancient individuals from the North American Northwest Coast reveal 10,000 years of regional genetic continuity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2017). [IF: 9.423]
2. Olivieri A*, Sidore C*, Achilli A*, Angius A, Posth C, Furtwängler A, Brandini S, Rosario Capodiferro M, Gandini F, Zoledziewska M, Pitzalis M, Maschio A, Busonero F, Lai L, Skeates R, Giuseppina Gradoli M, Beckett J, Marongiu M, Mazzarello V, Marongiu P, Rubino S, Rito T, Macaulay V, Semino O, Pala M, Abecasis GR, Schlessinger D, Conde-Sousa E, Soares P, Richards MB, Cucca F, Torroni A. Mitogenome diversity in Sardinians: a genetic window onto an island's past. Mol Biol Evol. (2017) [IF: 13.649] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
3. Battaglia V, Gabrieli P, Brandini S, Capodiferro MR, Javier PA, Chen X-G, Achilli A, Semino O, Gomulski LM, Malacrida AR, Gasperi G, Torroni A, Olivieri A (2016). The worldwide spread of the tiger mosquito as revealed by mitogenome haplogroup diversity. Front Genet. 7 (2016) [IF: n.a.]
4. Cardinali I, Lancioni H, Giontella A, Capodiferro MR, Capomaccio S, Buttazzoni L, Biggio GP, Cherchi R, Albertini E, Olivieri A, Cappelli K, Achilli A*, Silvestrelli M*. An overview of ten Italian horse breeds through mitochondrial DNA. PLoS One. 11: e0153004 (2016) [IF: 3.057] *These authors contributed equally to this work
5. Gandini F, Achilli A, Pala M, Bodner M, Brandini S, Huber G, Egyed B, Ferretti L, Gómez-Carballa A, Salas A, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Coppa A, Parson W, Semino O, Soares P, Torroni A, Richards MB, Olivieri A. Mapping human dispersals into the Horn of Africa from Arabian Ice Age refugia using mitogenomes. Sci Rep. 6: 25472 (2016) [IF: 5.228]
6. Lancioni H, Di Lorenzo P, Cardinali I, Ceccobelli S, Capodiferro MR, Fichera A, Grugni V, Semino O, Ferretti L, Gruppetta A, Attard G, Achilli A*, Lasagna E*. Survey of uniparental genetic markers in the Maltese cattle breed reveals a significant founder effect but does not indicate local domestication. Anim Genet. 47: 267-269 (2016). [IF: 1.779] *These authors contributed equally to this work
7. Barcaccia G, Galla G, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A. Uncovering the sources of DNA found on the Turin Shroud. Sci Rep. 5: 14484 (2015). [IF: 5.228]
8. Colli L, Lancioni H, Cardinali I, Olivieri A, Capodiferro MR, Pellecchia M, Rzepus M, Zamani W, Naderi S, Gandini F, Vahidi SM, Agha S, Randi E, Battaglia V, Sardina MT, Portolano B, Rezaei HR, Lymberakis P, Boyer F, Coissac E, Pompanon F, Taberlet P, Ajmone Marsan P, Achilli A. Whole mitochondrial genomes unveil the impact of domestication on goat matrilineal variability. BMC Genomics. 16: 1115 (2015) [IF: 3.867]
9. Gomes SM, Bodner M, Souto L, Zimmermann B, Huber G, Strobl C, Röck AW, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A, Côrte-Real F, Parson W. Human settlement history between Sunda and Sahul: a focus on East Timor (Timor-Leste) and the Pleistocenic mtDNA diversity. BMC Genomics. 16: 70 (2015) [IF: 3.867]
10. Grugni V, Battaglia V, Perego UA, Raveane A, Lancioni H, Olivieri A, Ferretti L, Woodward SR, Pascale JM, Cooke R, Myres N, Motta J, Torroni A, Achilli A, Semino O. Exploring the Y chromosomal ancestry of modern Panamanians. PLoS One 10: e0144223 (2015) [IF: 3.057]
11. Olivieri A, Gandini F, Achilli A, Fichera A, Rizzi E, Bonfiglio S, Battaglia V, Brandini S, De Gaetano A, El-Beltagi A, Lancioni H, Agha S, Semino O, Ferretti L, Torroni A. Mitogenomes from Egyptian cattle breeds: new clues on the origin of haplogroup Q and the early spread of Bos taurus from the Near East. PLoS ONE. 10: e0141170 (2015) [IF: 3.057]
12. Vai S, Ghirotto S, Pilli E, Tassi F, Lari M, Rizzi E, Matas-Lalueza L, Ramirez O, Lalueza-Fox C, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A, Lancioni H, Giostra C, Bedini E, Pejrani Baricco L, Matullo G, Di Gaetano C, Piazza A, Veeramah K, Geary P, Caramelli D, Barbujani G. Genealogical relationships between early medieval and modern inhabitants of Piedmont. PLoS ONE. 10: e0116801 (2015) [IF: 3.057]
13. Ajmone-Marsan P, Colli L, Han JL, Achilli A, Lancioni H, Joost S, Crepaldi P, Pilla F, Stella A, Taberlet P, Boettcher P, Negrini R, Lenstra JA. The characterization of goat genetic diversity: towards a genomic approach. Small Rumin Res. 121: 58-72 (2014) [IF: 1.125]
14. Carossa V, Ghelli A, Tropeano CV, Valentino ML, Iommarini L, Maresca A, Caporali L, Morgia CL, Liguori R, Barboni P, Carbonelli M, Rizzo G, Tonon C, Lodi R, Martinuzzi A, Nardo VD, Rugolo M, Ferretti L, Gandini F, Pala M, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A, Carelli V. A novel in-frame 18-bp microdeletion in MT-CYB causes a multisystem disorder with prominent exercise intolerance. Hum Mutat. 35: 954-958 (2014) [IF: 5.340]
15. Achilli A, Perego UA, Lancioni H, Olivieri A, Gandini F, Hooshiar Kashani B, Battaglia V, Grugni V, Angerhofer N, Rogers MP, Herrera RJ, Woodward SR, Labuda D, Smith DG, Cybulski JS, Semino O, Malhi RS, Torroni A. Reconciling migration models to the Americas with the variation of North American native mitogenomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 110: 14308-13 (2013) [IF: 9.809]
16. Battaglia V, Grugni V, Perego UA, Angerhofer N, Gomez-Palmieri JE, Woodward SR, Achilli A, Myres N, Torroni A, Semino O. The first peopling of South America: new evidence from Y-chromosome haplogroup Q. PLoS ONE. 8: e71390 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
17. Caporali L, Ghelli AM, Iommarini L, Maresca A, Valentino ML, La Morgia C, Liguori R, Zanna C, Barboni P, De Nardo V, Martinuzzi A, Rizzo G, Tonon C, Lodi R, Calvaruso MA, Cappelletti M, Porcelli AM, Achilli A, Pala M, Torroni A, Carelli V. Cybrid studies establish the causal link between the mtDNA m.3890G>A/MT-ND1 mutation and optic atrophy with bilateral brainstem lesions. Biochim Biophys Acta-Mol Basis Dis. 1832: 445-52 (2013) [IF: 5.089]
18. Colonna V, Pistis G, Bomba L, Mona S, Matullo G, Boano R, Sala C, Viganň F, Torroni A, Achilli A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Malerba G, Gambaro G, Soranzo N, Toniolo D. Small effective population size and genetic homogeneity in the Val Borbera isolate. Eur J Hum Genet. 21: 89-94 (2013) [IF: 4.225]
19. Costa MD, Pereira JB, Pala M, Fernandes V, Olivieri A, Achilli A, Perego UA, Rychkov S, Naumova O, Hatina J, Woodward SR, Eng KK, Macaulay V, Carr M, Soares P, Pereira L, Richards MB. A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages. Nat Commun. 4: 2543 (2013) [IF: 10.742]
20. Kushniarevich A, Sivitskaya L, Danilenko N, Novogrodskii T, Tsybovsky I, Kiseleva A, Kotova S, Chaubey G, Metspalu E, Sahakyan H, Bahmanimehr A, Reidla M, Rootsi S, Parik J, Reisberg T, Achilli A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Gandini F, Olivieri A, Behar DM, Torroni A, Davydenko O, Villems R. Uniparental genetic heritage of Belarusians: encounter of rare Middle Eastern matrilineages with a central European mitochondrial DNA pool. PLoS ONE. 8: e66499 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
21. Lancioni H, Di Lorenzo P, Ceccobelli S, Perego UA, Miglio A, Landi V, Antognoni MT, Sarti FM, Lasagna E, Achilli A. Phylogenetic relationships of three Italian merino-derived sheep breeds evaluated through a complete mitogenome analysis. PLoS ONE. 8: e73712 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
22. Olivieri A, Pala M, Gandini F, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Woodward SR, Grugni V, Battaglia V, Semino O, Achilli A, Richards MB, Torroni A. Mitogenomes from two uncommon haplogroups mark late glacial/postglacial expansions from the near east and neolithic dispersals within Europe. PLoS ONE. 8: e70492 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
23. Perego UA, Achilli A, Ekins JE, Milani L, Lari M, Pilli E, Brown A, Price EP, Wolken SR, Matthews M, Allen CA, Pearson TR, Angerhofer N, Caramelli D, Kupferschmid T, Keim PS, Woodward SR. The Mountain Meadows Massacre and "poisoned springs": scientific testing of the more recent, anthrax theory. Int J Legal Med. 127: 77-83 (2013) [IF: 2.597]
24. Pilli E, Modi A, Serpico C, Achilli A, Lancioni H, Lippi B, Bertoldi F, Gelichi S, Lari M, Caramelli D. Monitoring DNA contamination in handled vs. directly excavated ancient human skeletal remains. PLoS ONE. 8: e52524 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
25. Achilli A, Olivieri A, Soares P, Lancioni H, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Nergadze SG, Carossa V, Santagostino M, Capomaccio S, Felicetti M, Al-Achkar W, Penedo MC, Verini-Supplizi A, Houshmand M, Woodward SR, Semino O, Silvestrelli M, Giulotto E, Pereira L, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. Mitochondrial genomes from modern horses reveal the major haplogroups that underwent domestication. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109: 2449-54 (2012) [IF: 9.737]
26. Achilli A, Iommarini L, Olivieri A, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Reynier P, La Morgia C, Valentino ML, Liguori R, Pizza F, Barboni P, Sadun F, De Negri AM, Zeviani M, Dollfus H, Moulignier A, Ducos G, Orssaud C, Bonneau D, Procaccio V, Leo-Kottler B, Fauser S, Wissinger B, Amati-Bonneau P, Torroni A, Carelli V. Rare primary mitochondrial DNA mutations and probable synergistic variants in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. PLoS ONE. 7: e42242 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
27. Bodner M, Perego UA, Huber G, Fendt L, Röck AW, Zimmermann B, Olivieri A, Gómez-Carballa A, Lancioni H, Angerhofer N, Bobillo MC, Corach D, Woodward SR, Salas A, Achilli A, Torroni A, Bandelt HJ, Parson W. Rapid coastal spread of First Americans: novel insights from South America's Southern Cone mitochondrial genomes. Genome Res. 22: 811-20 (2012) [IF: 14.397]
28. Bonfiglio S, Ginja C, De Gaetano A, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Colli L, Tesfaye K, Agha SH, Gama LT, Cattonaro F, Penedo MC, Ajmone-Marsan P, Torroni A, Ferretti L. Origin and spread of Bos taurus: new clues from mitochondrial genomes belonging to haplogroup T1. PLoS ONE. 7: e38601 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
29. Cerezo M, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Perego UA, Gómez-Carballa A, Brisighelli F, Lancioni H, Woodward SR, López-Soto M, Carracedo A, Capelli C, Torroni A, Salas A. Reconstructing ancient mitochondrial DNA links between Africa and Europe. Genome Res. 22: 821-6 (2012) [IF: 14.397] (Cover story article)
30. de Saint Pierre M, Gandini F, Perego UA, Bodner M, Gómez-Carballa A, Corach D, Angerhofer N, Woodward SR, Semino O, Salas A, Parson W, Moraga M, Achilli A, Torroni A, Olivieri A. Arrival of Paleo-Indians to the southern cone of South America: new clues from mitogenomes. PLoS ONE. 7: e51311 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
31. Gómez-Carballa A, Olivieri A, Behar DM, Achilli A, Torroni A, Salas A. Genetic continuity in the Franco-Cantabrian region: new clues from autochthonous mitogenomes. PLoS ONE. 7: e32851 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
32. Grugni V, Battaglia V, Hooshiar Kashani B, Parolo S, Al-Zahery N, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Gandini F, Houshmand M, Sanati MH, Torroni A, Semino O. Ancient migratory events in the middle East: new clues from the Y-chromosome variation of modern Iranians. PLoS ONE. 7: e41252 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
33. Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Olivieri A, Angerhofer N, Gandini F, Carossa V, Lancioni H, Semino O, Woodward SR, Achilli A, Torroni A. Mitochondrial haplogroup C4c: A rare lineage entering America through the ice-free corridor? Am J Phys Anthropol. 147: 35-9 (2012) [IF: 2.481]
34. Karachanak S, Carossa V, Nesheva D, Olivieri A, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Grugni V, Battaglia V, Achilli A, Yordanov Y, Galabov AS, Semino O, Toncheva D, Torroni A. Bulgarians vs. the other European populations: a mitochondrial DNA perspective. Int J Legal Med. 126: 497-503 (2012) [IF: 2.686]
35. Pala M, Olivieri A, Achilli A, Accetturo M, Metspalu E, Reidla M, Tamm E, Karmin M, Reisberg T, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Carossa V, Gandini F, Pereira JB, Soares P, Angerhofer N, Rychkov S, Al-Zahery N, Carelli V, Sanati MH, Houshmand M, Hatina J, Macaulay V, Pereira L, Woodward SR, Davies W, Gamble C, Baird D, Semino O, Villems R, Torroni A, Richards MB. Mitochondrial DNA signals of late glacial recolonization of Europe from near eastern refugia. Am J Hum Genet. 90: 915-24 (2012) [IF: 11.202]
36. Perego UA, Lancioni H, Tribaldos M, Angerhofer N, Ekins JE, Olivieri A, Woodward SR, Pascale JM, Cooke R, Motta J, Achilli A. Decrypting the mitochondrial gene pool of modern Panamanians. PLoS ONE. 7: e38337 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
37. Achilli A*, Olivieri A*, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Carossa V, Perego UA, Gandini F, Santoro A, Battaglia V, Grugni V, Lancioni H, Sirolla C, Bonfigli AR, Cormio A, Boemi M, Testa I, Semino O, Ceriello A, Spazzafumo L, Gadaleta MN, Marra M, Testa R, Franceschi C, Torroni A. Mitochondrial DNA backgrounds might modulate diabetes complications rather than T2DM as a whole. PLoS ONE. 6: e21029 (2011) [IF: 4.092] *These authors contributed equally to this work
38. Albertini E, Raggi L, Vagnini M, Sassolini A, Achilli A, Marconi G, Cartechini L, Veronesi F, Falcinelli M, Brunetti BG, Miliani C. Tracing the biological origin of animal glues used in paintings through mitochondrial DNA analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem. 399: 2987-95 (2011) [IF: 3.778]
39. Bonfiglio S, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Negrini R, Colli L, Liotta L, Ajmone-Marsan P, Torroni A, Ferretti L. The enigmatic origin of bovine mtDNA haplogroup R: sporadic interbreeding or an independent event of Bos primigenius domestication in Italy? PLoS ONE. 5: e15760 (2010) [IF: 4.411]
40. Ottoni C, Primativo G, Hooshiar Kashani B, Achilli A, Martěnez-Labarga C, Biondi G, Torroni A, Rickards O. Mitochondrial haplogroup H1 in north Africa: an early Holocene arrival from Iberia. PLoS ONE. 5: e13378 (2010) [IF: 4.411]
41. Perego UA, Angerhofer N, Pala M, Olivieri A, Lancioni H, Hooshiar Kashani B, Carossa V, Ekins JE, Gómez-Carballa A, Huber G, Zimmermann B, Corach D, Babudri N, Panara F, Myres NM, Parson W, Semino O, Salas A, Woodward SR, Achilli A*, Torroni A*. The initial peopling of the Americas: a growing number of founding mitochondrial genomes from Beringia. Genome Res. 20: 1174-9 (2010) [IF: 13.588] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
42. Santoro A, Balbi V, Balducci E, Pirazzini C, Rosini F, Tavano F, Achilli A, Siviero P, Minicuci N, Bellavista E, Mishto M, Salvioli S, Marchegiani F, Cardelli M, Olivieri F, Nacmias B, Chiamenti AM, Benussi L, Ghidoni R, Rose G, Gabelli C, Binetti G, Sorbi S, Crepaldi G, Passarino G, Torroni A, Franceschi C. Evidence for sub-haplogroup H5 of mitochondrial DNA as a risk factor for late onset Alzheimer's disease. PLoS ONE. 5: e12037 (2010) [IF: 4.411]
43. Soares P, Achilli A, Semino O, Davies W, Macaulay V, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A, Richards MB. The archaeogenetics of Europe. Curr Biol. 70: R174-R183 (2010) [IF: 10.026]
44. Achilli A*, Bonfiglio S*, Olivieri A, Malusŕ A, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Ajmone-Marsan P, Lotta L, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Ferretti L, Torroni A. The multifaceted origin of taurine cattle reflected by the mitochondrial genome. PLoS ONE. 4: e5753 (2009) [IF: 4.351] *These authors contributed equally to this work
45. Coudray C, Olivieri A, Achilli A, Pala M, Melhaoui M, Cherkaoui M, El-Chennawi F, Kossmann M, Torroni A, Dugoujon JM. The complex and diversified mitochondrial gene pool of Berber populations. Ann Hum Genet. 73: 196-214 (2009) [IF: 2.145]
46. Fornarino S, Pala M, Battaglia V, Maranta R, Achilli A, Modiano G, Torroni A, Semino O, Santachiara-Benerecetti SA. Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation. BMC Evol Biol. 9: 154 (2009) [IF: 4.294]
47. Ghelli A, Porcelli AM, Zanna C, Vidoni S, Mattioli S, Barbieri A, Iommarini L, Pala M, Achilli A, Torroni A, Rugolo M, Carelli V. The background of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J increases the sensitivity of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy cells to 2,5-hexanedione toxicity. PLoS ONE. 4: e7922 (2009) [IF: 4.351]
48. Grignani P, Turchi C, Achilli A, Peloso G, Alů M, Ricci U, Robino C, Pelotti S, Carnevali E, Boschi I, Tagliabracci A, Previderč C. Multiplex mtDNA coding region SNP assays for molecular dissection of haplogroups U/K and J/T. Forensic Sci Int-Genet. 4: 21-25 (2009) [IF: 2.421]
49. Ottoni C, Martěnez-Labarga C, Loogväli EL, Pennarun E, Achilli A, De Angelis F, Trucchi E, Contini I, Biondi G, Rickards O. First genetic insight into Libyan Tuaregs: a maternal perspective. Ann Hum Genet. 73: 438-48 (2009) [IF: 2.145]
50. Pala M, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Sanna D, Metspalu E, Tambets K, Tamm E, Accetturo M, Crossa V, Lancioni H, Panara F, Zimmermann B, Huber G, Al-Zahery N, Brisighelli F, Woodward SR, Francalacci P, Parson W, Salas A, Behar DM, Villems R, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. Mitochondrial haplogroup U5b3: a far echo of the Epipaleolithic in Italy and the legacy of the early Sardinians. Am J Hum Genet. 84: 814-21 (2009) [IF: 12.303]
51. Perego UA*, Achilli A*, Angerhofer N, Accetturo M, Pala M, Olivieri A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Ritchie KH, Scozzari R, Kong QP, Myres NM, Salas A, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Woodward SR, Torroni A. Distinctive Paleo-Indian migration routes from Beringia marked by two rare mtDNA haplogroups. Curr Biol. 19: 1-8 (2009) [IF: 10.992] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
52. Achilli A*, Olivieri A*, Pellecchia M, Uboldi C, Colli L, Al-Zahery N, Accetturo M, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Battaglia V, Fornarino S, Kalamati J, Houshmand M, Negrini R, Semino O, Richards M, Macaulay V, Ferretti L, Bandelt HJ, Ajmone-Marsan P, Torroni A. Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle. Curr Biol. 18: R157-8 (2008) [IF: 10.777] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
53. Achilli A, Perego UA, Bravi CM, Coble MD, Kong QP, Woodward SR, Salas A, Torroni A, Bandelt HJ. The phylogeny of the four pan-American mtDNA haplogroups: implications for evolutionary and disease studies. PLoS ONE. 3: e1764 (2008) [IF: 4.351]
54. La Morgia C, Achilli A, Iommarini L, Barboni P, Pala M, Olivieri A, Zanna C, Vidoni S, Tonon C, Lodi R, Vetrugno R, Mostacci B, Liguori R, Carroccia R, Montagna P, Rugolo M, Torroni A, Carelli V. Rare mtDNA variants in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy families with recurrence of myoclonus. Neurology. 70: 762-70 (2008) [IF: 7.043]
55. Pello R, Martín MA, Carelli V, Nijtmans LG, Achilli A, Pala M, Torroni A, Gómez-Durán A, Ruiz-Pesini E, Martinuzzi A, Smeitink JA, Arenas J, Ugalde C. Mitochondrial DNA background modulates the assembly kinetics of OXPHOS complexes in a cellular model of mitochondrial disease. Hum Mol Genet. 17: 4001-11 (2008) [IF: 7.249]
56. Turchi C, Buscemi L, Previderč C, Grignani P, Brandstätter A, Achilli A, Parson W, Tagliabracci A. Italian mitochondrial DNA database: results of a collaborative exercise and proficiency testing. Int J Legal Med. 122: 199-204 (2008) [IF: 2.574]
57. Achilli A, Olivieri A, Pala M, Metspalu E, Fornarino S, Battaglia V, Accetturo M, Kutuev I, Khusnutdinova E, Pennarun E, Cerutti N, Di Gaetano C, Crobu F, Palli D, Matullo G, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Cavalli-Sforza LL, Semino O, Villems R, Bandelt HJ, Piazza A, Torroni A. Mitochondrial DNA variation of modern Tuscans supports the Near Eastern origin of Etruscans. Am J Hum Genet. 80: 759-68 (2007) [IF: 11.092]
58. Hudson G, Carelli V, Spruijt L, Gerards M, Mowbray C, Achilli A, Pyle A, Elson J, Howell N, La Morgia C, Valentino ML, Huoponen K, Savontaus ML, Nikoskelainen E, Sadun AA, Salomao SR, Belfort R Jr, Griffiths P, Man PY, de Coo RF, Horvath R, Zeviani M, Smeets HJ, Torroni A, Chinnery PF. Clinical expression of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy is affected by the mitochondrial DNA-haplogroup background. Am J Hum Genet. 81: 228-33 (2007) [IF: 11.092]
59. Lucaccioni A, Pavlov YI, Achilli A, Babudri N. High rate of starvation-associated mutagenesis in Ung- yeast caused by the overproduction of human activation-induced deaminase. Curr Genet. 52: 239-45 (2007) [IF: 2.507]
60. Lucaccioni A, Morpurgo G, Achilli A, Barberio C, Casalone E, Babudri N. Colony density influences invasive and filamentous growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 52: 35-38 (2007) [IF: 0.989]
61. Olivieri A, Achilli A, Pala M, Battaglia V, Fornarino S, Al-Zahery N, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Behar DM, Dugoujon J-M, Coudray C, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. Timing of a back-migration into Africa. Reply to Forster P and Romano V. Science. 316: 51-53 (2007) [IF: 26.372]
62. Pellecchia M, Negrini R, Colli L, Patrini M, Milanesi E, Achilli A, Bertorelle G, Cavalli Sforza LL, Piazza A, Torroni A, Ajmone-Marsan P. The mystery of Etruscan origin: novel clues from Bos taurus mitochondrial DNA. Proc R Soc B-Biol Sci. 274: 1175-9 (2007) [IF: 4.112]
63. Accetturo M, Santamaria M, Lascaro D, Rubino F, Achilli A, Torroni A, Tommaseo-Ponzetta M, Attimonelli M. Human mtDNA site specific variability values can act as haplogroup markers. Hum Mutat. 27: 965-74 (2006) [IF: 6.473]
64. Behar DM, Metspalu E, Kivisild T, Achilli A, Hadid Y, Tzur S, Pereira L, Amorim A, Quintana-Murci L, Majamaa K, Herrnstadt C, Howell N, Balanovsky O, Kutuev I, Pshenichnov A, Gurwitz D, Bonne-Tamir B, Torroni A, Villems R, Skorecki K. The matrilineal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jewry: portrait of a recent founder event. Am J Hum Genet. 78: 487-97 (2006) [IF: 12.629]
65. Carelli V, Achilli A, Valentino ML, Rengo C, Semino O, Pala M, Olivieri A, Mattiazzi M, Pallotti F, Carrara F, Zeviani M, Leuzzi V, Carducci C, Valle G, Simionati B, Mendieta L, Salomao S, Belfort R Jr, Sadun AA, Torroni A. Haplogroup effects and recombination of mtDNA: novel clues from the analysis of LHON pedigrees. Am J Hum Genet. 78: 564-74 (2006) [IF: 12.629]
66. Grignani P, Peloso G, Achilli A, Turchi C, Tagliabracci A, Alů M, Beduschi G, Ricci U, Giunti L, Robino C, Gino S, Previderč C. Subtyping mtDNA haplogroup H by SNaPshot minisequencing and its application in forensic individual identification. Int J Legal Med. 120: 151-6 (2006) [IF: 2.600]
67. Kong QP, Bandelt HJ, Sun C, Yao YG, Salas A, Achilli A, Wang CY, Zhong L, Zhu CL, Wu SF, Torroni A, Zhang YP. Updating the East Asian mtDNA phylogeny: a prerequisite for the identification of pathogenic mutations. Hum Mol Genet. 15: 2076-86 (2006) [IF: 8.099]
68. Olivieri A, Achilli A, Pala M, Battaglia V, Fornarino S, Al-Zahery N, Scozzari R, Cruciali F, Behar DM, Dugoujon JM, Coudray C, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. The mtDNA legacy of the Levantine Early Upper Palaeolithic in Africa. Science. 314: 1767-70 (2006) [IF: 30.028]
69. Torroni A, Achilli A, Macaulay V, Richards M, Bandelt HJ. Harvesting the fruit of the human mtDNA tree. Trends Genet. 22: 339-45 (2006) [IF: 9.950]
70. Valentino ML, Barboni P, Rengo C, Achilli A, Torroni A, Lodi R, Tonon C, Barbiroli B, Fortuna F, Montagna P, Baruzzi A, Carelli V. The 13042G --> A/ND5 mutation in mtDNA is pathogenic and can be associated also with a prevalent ocular phenotype. J Med Genet. 43: e38 (2006) [IF: 5.087]
71. Achilli A, Rengo C, Battaglia V, Pala M, Olivieri A, Fornarino S, Magri C, Scozzari R, Babudri N, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Bandelt HJ, Semino O, Torroni A. Saami and Berbers--an unexpected mitochondrial DNA link. Am J Hum Genet. 76: 883-6 (2005) [IF: 12.649]
72. Bandelt HJ, Achilli A, Kong QP, Salas A, Lutz-Bonengel S, Sun C, Zhang YP, Torroni A, Yao YG. Low ‘‘penetrance’’ of phylogenetic knowledge in mitochondrial disease studies. Biochem Bioph Res Co. 331: 1301-9 (2005) [IF: 3.000]
73. Ghezzi D, Marelli C, Achilli A, Goldwurm S, Pezzoli G, Barone P, Pellecchia MT, Stanzione P, Brusa L, Bentivoglio AR, Bonuccelli U, Petrozzi L, Abbruzzese G, Marchese R, Cortelli P, Grimaldi D, Martinelli P, Ferrarese C, Garavaglia B, Sangiorgi S, Carelli V, Torroni A, Albanese A, Zeviani M. Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup K is associated with a lower risk of Parkinson's disease in Italians. Eur J Hum Genet. 13: 748-52 (2005) [IF: 3.251]
74. Macaulay V, Hill C, Achilli A, Rengo C, Clarke D, Meehan W, Blackburn J, Semino O, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Taha A, Shaari NK, Raja JM, Ismail P, Zainuddin Z, Goodwin W, Bulbeck D, Bandelt HJ, Oppenheimer S, Torroni A, Richards M. Tracing modern human origins. Reply to Harpending H and Eswaran V. Science. 309: 1995-7 (2005) [IF: 30.927]
75. Macaulay V, Hill C, Achilli A, Rengo C, Clarke D, Meehan W, Blackburn J, Semino O, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Taha A, Shaari NK, Raja JM, Ismail P, Zainuddin Z, Goodwin W, Bulbeck D, Bandelt HJ, Oppenheimer S, Torroni A, Richards M. Single, rapid coastal settlement of Asia revealed by analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes. Science. 308: 1034-6 (2005) [IF: 30.927]
76. Marjanovic D, Fornarino S, Montagna S, Primorac D, Hadziselimovic R, Vidovic S, Pojskic N, Battaglia V, Achilli A, Katja D, Andjelinovic S, Torroni A, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O. The peopling of modern Bosnia-Herzegovina: Y-chromosome haplogroups in the three main ethnic groups. Ann Hum Genet. 69: 1-7 (2005) [IF: 3.192]
77. Achilli A, Matmati N, Casalone E, Morpurgo G, Lucaccioni A, Pavlov YI, Babudri N. The exceptionally high rate of spontaneous mutations in the polymerase delta proofreading exonuclease-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain starved for adenine. BMC Genet. 5: 34 (2004) [IF: 3.250]
78. Achilli A, Rengo C, Magri C, Battaglia V, Olivieri A, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Zeviani M, Briem E, Carelli V, Moral P, Dugoujon JM, Roostalu U, Loogväli EL, Kivisild T, Bandelt HJ, Richards M, Villems R, Santachiara Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Torroni A. The molecular dissection of mtDNA haplogroup H confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian glacial refuge was a major source for the European gene pool. Am J Hum Genet. 75: 910-8 (2004) [IF: 12.340]
79. Valentino ML, Barboni P, Ghelli A, Bucchi L, Rengo C, Achilli A, Torroni A, Lugaresi A, Lodi R, Barbiroli B, Dotti M, Federico A, Baruzzi A, Carelli V. The ND1 gene of complex I is a mutational hot spot for Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Ann Neurol. 56: 631-41 (2004) [IF: 8.097]
80. Rootsi S, Magri C, Kivisild T, Benuzzi G, Help H, Bermisheva M, Kutuev I, Lovorka Barac L, Peričić M, Balanovsky O, Pshenichnov A, Dion D, Grobei M, Zhivotovsky LA, Battaglia V, Achilli A, Al-Zahery N, Parik J, King R, Cinnioglu C, Khusnutdinova E, Rudan P, Balanovska E, Scheffrahn W, Simonescu M, Brehm A, Goncalves R, Rosa A, Moisan JP, Ferak V, Füredi S, Oefner PJ, Shen P, Beckman L, Mikerezi I, Terzić R, Primorac D, Cambon-Thomsen A, Krumina A, Torroni A, Underhill PA, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Villems R, Semino O. Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup I reveals distinct domains of prehistoric gene flow in Europe. Am J Hum Genet. 75: 128-37 (2004) [IF: 12.340]
81. Reidla M, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Kaldma K, Tambets K, Tolk HV, Parik J, Loogvali EL, Derenko M, Malyarchuk B, Bermisheva M, Zhadanov S, Pennarun E, Gubina M, Golubenko M, Damba L, Fedorova S, Gusar V, Grechanina E, Mikerezi I, Moisan JP, Chaventre A, Khusnutdinova E, Osipova L, Stepanov V, Voevoda M, Achilli A, Rengo C, Rickards O, De Stefano GF, Papiha S, Beckman L, Janicijevic B, Rudan P, Anagnou N, Michalodimitrakis E, Koziel S, Usanga E, Geberhiwot T, Herrnstadt C, Howell N, Torroni A, Villems R. Origin and diffusion of mtDNA haplogroup X. Am J Hum Genet. 73: 1178-90 (2003) [IF: 11.602]
82. Torroni A, Campos Y, Rengo C, Sellitto D, Achilli A, Magri C, Semino O, Garcia A, Jara P, Arenas J, Scozzari R. Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups do not play a role in the variable phenotypic presentation of the A3243G mutation. Am J Hum Genet. 72: 1005-12 (2003) [IF: 11.602]
83. Babudri N, Pavlov I, Matmati N, Ludovisi C, Achilli A. Stationary-phase mutations in proofreading exonuclease-deficient strains of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Genet Genomics. 265: 362-6 (2001) [IF: 1.522]
non-ISI PUBLICATIONS in extenso
1. Babudri N, Achilli A, Martinelli C, Moore E, Lancioni H, Pavlov YI. The role of DNA polymerase alpha in the control of mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells starved for nutrients. Čkol Genet 9: 53-61 (2011)
2. Babudri N, Lucaccioni A, Achilli A. Adaptive mutagenesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Čkol Genet 4: 20-28 (2006)
3. Marin A, Achilli A, Di Gaetano C, Guarrera S, Rengo C, Torroni A, Piazza A, Boëtsch G, Sella G, Rabino Massa E. Biodemographic and molecular analysis of an isolated Alpine population (Postua). International Journal of Anthropology 20: 259-275 (2005)
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Achilli A, Perego UA. Mitochondrial DNA: A Female Perspective in Recent Human Origin and Evolution. In: Origins as a Paradigm in the Sciences and in the Humanities. Eds. Spinozzi P, Zironi A. V&R unipress Scientific Series, Göttingen (2010)
(IF=Impact Factor)
1. Lindo J, Achilli A, Perego U, Archer D, Valdiosera C, Petzelt B, Mitchell J, Worl R, Dixon EJ, Fifield TE, Rasmussen M, Willerslev E, Cybulski J, Kemp B, De Giorgio M, Malhi RS. Ancient individuals from the North American Northwest Coast reveal 10,000 years of regional genetic continuity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2017). [IF: 9.423]
2. Olivieri A*, Sidore C*, Achilli A*, Angius A, Posth C, Furtwängler A, Brandini S, Rosario Capodiferro M, Gandini F, Zoledziewska M, Pitzalis M, Maschio A, Busonero F, Lai L, Skeates R, Giuseppina Gradoli M, Beckett J, Marongiu M, Mazzarello V, Marongiu P, Rubino S, Rito T, Macaulay V, Semino O, Pala M, Abecasis GR, Schlessinger D, Conde-Sousa E, Soares P, Richards MB, Cucca F, Torroni A. Mitogenome diversity in Sardinians: a genetic window onto an island's past. Mol Biol Evol. (2017) [IF: 13.649] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
3. Battaglia V, Gabrieli P, Brandini S, Capodiferro MR, Javier PA, Chen X-G, Achilli A, Semino O, Gomulski LM, Malacrida AR, Gasperi G, Torroni A, Olivieri A (2016). The worldwide spread of the tiger mosquito as revealed by mitogenome haplogroup diversity. Front Genet. 7 (2016) [IF: n.a.]
4. Cardinali I, Lancioni H, Giontella A, Capodiferro MR, Capomaccio S, Buttazzoni L, Biggio GP, Cherchi R, Albertini E, Olivieri A, Cappelli K, Achilli A*, Silvestrelli M*. An overview of ten Italian horse breeds through mitochondrial DNA. PLoS One. 11: e0153004 (2016) [IF: 3.057] *These authors contributed equally to this work
5. Gandini F, Achilli A, Pala M, Bodner M, Brandini S, Huber G, Egyed B, Ferretti L, Gómez-Carballa A, Salas A, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Coppa A, Parson W, Semino O, Soares P, Torroni A, Richards MB, Olivieri A. Mapping human dispersals into the Horn of Africa from Arabian Ice Age refugia using mitogenomes. Sci Rep. 6: 25472 (2016) [IF: 5.228]
6. Lancioni H, Di Lorenzo P, Cardinali I, Ceccobelli S, Capodiferro MR, Fichera A, Grugni V, Semino O, Ferretti L, Gruppetta A, Attard G, Achilli A*, Lasagna E*. Survey of uniparental genetic markers in the Maltese cattle breed reveals a significant founder effect but does not indicate local domestication. Anim Genet. 47: 267-269 (2016). [IF: 1.779] *These authors contributed equally to this work
7. Barcaccia G, Galla G, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A. Uncovering the sources of DNA found on the Turin Shroud. Sci Rep. 5: 14484 (2015). [IF: 5.228]
8. Colli L, Lancioni H, Cardinali I, Olivieri A, Capodiferro MR, Pellecchia M, Rzepus M, Zamani W, Naderi S, Gandini F, Vahidi SM, Agha S, Randi E, Battaglia V, Sardina MT, Portolano B, Rezaei HR, Lymberakis P, Boyer F, Coissac E, Pompanon F, Taberlet P, Ajmone Marsan P, Achilli A. Whole mitochondrial genomes unveil the impact of domestication on goat matrilineal variability. BMC Genomics. 16: 1115 (2015) [IF: 3.867]
9. Gomes SM, Bodner M, Souto L, Zimmermann B, Huber G, Strobl C, Röck AW, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A, Côrte-Real F, Parson W. Human settlement history between Sunda and Sahul: a focus on East Timor (Timor-Leste) and the Pleistocenic mtDNA diversity. BMC Genomics. 16: 70 (2015) [IF: 3.867]
10. Grugni V, Battaglia V, Perego UA, Raveane A, Lancioni H, Olivieri A, Ferretti L, Woodward SR, Pascale JM, Cooke R, Myres N, Motta J, Torroni A, Achilli A, Semino O. Exploring the Y chromosomal ancestry of modern Panamanians. PLoS One 10: e0144223 (2015) [IF: 3.057]
11. Olivieri A, Gandini F, Achilli A, Fichera A, Rizzi E, Bonfiglio S, Battaglia V, Brandini S, De Gaetano A, El-Beltagi A, Lancioni H, Agha S, Semino O, Ferretti L, Torroni A. Mitogenomes from Egyptian cattle breeds: new clues on the origin of haplogroup Q and the early spread of Bos taurus from the Near East. PLoS ONE. 10: e0141170 (2015) [IF: 3.057]
12. Vai S, Ghirotto S, Pilli E, Tassi F, Lari M, Rizzi E, Matas-Lalueza L, Ramirez O, Lalueza-Fox C, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A, Lancioni H, Giostra C, Bedini E, Pejrani Baricco L, Matullo G, Di Gaetano C, Piazza A, Veeramah K, Geary P, Caramelli D, Barbujani G. Genealogical relationships between early medieval and modern inhabitants of Piedmont. PLoS ONE. 10: e0116801 (2015) [IF: 3.057]
13. Ajmone-Marsan P, Colli L, Han JL, Achilli A, Lancioni H, Joost S, Crepaldi P, Pilla F, Stella A, Taberlet P, Boettcher P, Negrini R, Lenstra JA. The characterization of goat genetic diversity: towards a genomic approach. Small Rumin Res. 121: 58-72 (2014) [IF: 1.125]
14. Carossa V, Ghelli A, Tropeano CV, Valentino ML, Iommarini L, Maresca A, Caporali L, Morgia CL, Liguori R, Barboni P, Carbonelli M, Rizzo G, Tonon C, Lodi R, Martinuzzi A, Nardo VD, Rugolo M, Ferretti L, Gandini F, Pala M, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A, Carelli V. A novel in-frame 18-bp microdeletion in MT-CYB causes a multisystem disorder with prominent exercise intolerance. Hum Mutat. 35: 954-958 (2014) [IF: 5.340]
15. Achilli A, Perego UA, Lancioni H, Olivieri A, Gandini F, Hooshiar Kashani B, Battaglia V, Grugni V, Angerhofer N, Rogers MP, Herrera RJ, Woodward SR, Labuda D, Smith DG, Cybulski JS, Semino O, Malhi RS, Torroni A. Reconciling migration models to the Americas with the variation of North American native mitogenomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 110: 14308-13 (2013) [IF: 9.809]
16. Battaglia V, Grugni V, Perego UA, Angerhofer N, Gomez-Palmieri JE, Woodward SR, Achilli A, Myres N, Torroni A, Semino O. The first peopling of South America: new evidence from Y-chromosome haplogroup Q. PLoS ONE. 8: e71390 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
17. Caporali L, Ghelli AM, Iommarini L, Maresca A, Valentino ML, La Morgia C, Liguori R, Zanna C, Barboni P, De Nardo V, Martinuzzi A, Rizzo G, Tonon C, Lodi R, Calvaruso MA, Cappelletti M, Porcelli AM, Achilli A, Pala M, Torroni A, Carelli V. Cybrid studies establish the causal link between the mtDNA m.3890G>A/MT-ND1 mutation and optic atrophy with bilateral brainstem lesions. Biochim Biophys Acta-Mol Basis Dis. 1832: 445-52 (2013) [IF: 5.089]
18. Colonna V, Pistis G, Bomba L, Mona S, Matullo G, Boano R, Sala C, Viganň F, Torroni A, Achilli A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Malerba G, Gambaro G, Soranzo N, Toniolo D. Small effective population size and genetic homogeneity in the Val Borbera isolate. Eur J Hum Genet. 21: 89-94 (2013) [IF: 4.225]
19. Costa MD, Pereira JB, Pala M, Fernandes V, Olivieri A, Achilli A, Perego UA, Rychkov S, Naumova O, Hatina J, Woodward SR, Eng KK, Macaulay V, Carr M, Soares P, Pereira L, Richards MB. A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages. Nat Commun. 4: 2543 (2013) [IF: 10.742]
20. Kushniarevich A, Sivitskaya L, Danilenko N, Novogrodskii T, Tsybovsky I, Kiseleva A, Kotova S, Chaubey G, Metspalu E, Sahakyan H, Bahmanimehr A, Reidla M, Rootsi S, Parik J, Reisberg T, Achilli A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Gandini F, Olivieri A, Behar DM, Torroni A, Davydenko O, Villems R. Uniparental genetic heritage of Belarusians: encounter of rare Middle Eastern matrilineages with a central European mitochondrial DNA pool. PLoS ONE. 8: e66499 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
21. Lancioni H, Di Lorenzo P, Ceccobelli S, Perego UA, Miglio A, Landi V, Antognoni MT, Sarti FM, Lasagna E, Achilli A. Phylogenetic relationships of three Italian merino-derived sheep breeds evaluated through a complete mitogenome analysis. PLoS ONE. 8: e73712 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
22. Olivieri A, Pala M, Gandini F, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Woodward SR, Grugni V, Battaglia V, Semino O, Achilli A, Richards MB, Torroni A. Mitogenomes from two uncommon haplogroups mark late glacial/postglacial expansions from the near east and neolithic dispersals within Europe. PLoS ONE. 8: e70492 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
23. Perego UA, Achilli A, Ekins JE, Milani L, Lari M, Pilli E, Brown A, Price EP, Wolken SR, Matthews M, Allen CA, Pearson TR, Angerhofer N, Caramelli D, Kupferschmid T, Keim PS, Woodward SR. The Mountain Meadows Massacre and "poisoned springs": scientific testing of the more recent, anthrax theory. Int J Legal Med. 127: 77-83 (2013) [IF: 2.597]
24. Pilli E, Modi A, Serpico C, Achilli A, Lancioni H, Lippi B, Bertoldi F, Gelichi S, Lari M, Caramelli D. Monitoring DNA contamination in handled vs. directly excavated ancient human skeletal remains. PLoS ONE. 8: e52524 (2013) [IF: 3.534]
25. Achilli A, Olivieri A, Soares P, Lancioni H, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Nergadze SG, Carossa V, Santagostino M, Capomaccio S, Felicetti M, Al-Achkar W, Penedo MC, Verini-Supplizi A, Houshmand M, Woodward SR, Semino O, Silvestrelli M, Giulotto E, Pereira L, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. Mitochondrial genomes from modern horses reveal the major haplogroups that underwent domestication. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109: 2449-54 (2012) [IF: 9.737]
26. Achilli A, Iommarini L, Olivieri A, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Reynier P, La Morgia C, Valentino ML, Liguori R, Pizza F, Barboni P, Sadun F, De Negri AM, Zeviani M, Dollfus H, Moulignier A, Ducos G, Orssaud C, Bonneau D, Procaccio V, Leo-Kottler B, Fauser S, Wissinger B, Amati-Bonneau P, Torroni A, Carelli V. Rare primary mitochondrial DNA mutations and probable synergistic variants in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. PLoS ONE. 7: e42242 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
27. Bodner M, Perego UA, Huber G, Fendt L, Röck AW, Zimmermann B, Olivieri A, Gómez-Carballa A, Lancioni H, Angerhofer N, Bobillo MC, Corach D, Woodward SR, Salas A, Achilli A, Torroni A, Bandelt HJ, Parson W. Rapid coastal spread of First Americans: novel insights from South America's Southern Cone mitochondrial genomes. Genome Res. 22: 811-20 (2012) [IF: 14.397]
28. Bonfiglio S, Ginja C, De Gaetano A, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Colli L, Tesfaye K, Agha SH, Gama LT, Cattonaro F, Penedo MC, Ajmone-Marsan P, Torroni A, Ferretti L. Origin and spread of Bos taurus: new clues from mitochondrial genomes belonging to haplogroup T1. PLoS ONE. 7: e38601 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
29. Cerezo M, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Perego UA, Gómez-Carballa A, Brisighelli F, Lancioni H, Woodward SR, López-Soto M, Carracedo A, Capelli C, Torroni A, Salas A. Reconstructing ancient mitochondrial DNA links between Africa and Europe. Genome Res. 22: 821-6 (2012) [IF: 14.397] (Cover story article)
30. de Saint Pierre M, Gandini F, Perego UA, Bodner M, Gómez-Carballa A, Corach D, Angerhofer N, Woodward SR, Semino O, Salas A, Parson W, Moraga M, Achilli A, Torroni A, Olivieri A. Arrival of Paleo-Indians to the southern cone of South America: new clues from mitogenomes. PLoS ONE. 7: e51311 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
31. Gómez-Carballa A, Olivieri A, Behar DM, Achilli A, Torroni A, Salas A. Genetic continuity in the Franco-Cantabrian region: new clues from autochthonous mitogenomes. PLoS ONE. 7: e32851 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
32. Grugni V, Battaglia V, Hooshiar Kashani B, Parolo S, Al-Zahery N, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Gandini F, Houshmand M, Sanati MH, Torroni A, Semino O. Ancient migratory events in the middle East: new clues from the Y-chromosome variation of modern Iranians. PLoS ONE. 7: e41252 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
33. Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Olivieri A, Angerhofer N, Gandini F, Carossa V, Lancioni H, Semino O, Woodward SR, Achilli A, Torroni A. Mitochondrial haplogroup C4c: A rare lineage entering America through the ice-free corridor? Am J Phys Anthropol. 147: 35-9 (2012) [IF: 2.481]
34. Karachanak S, Carossa V, Nesheva D, Olivieri A, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Grugni V, Battaglia V, Achilli A, Yordanov Y, Galabov AS, Semino O, Toncheva D, Torroni A. Bulgarians vs. the other European populations: a mitochondrial DNA perspective. Int J Legal Med. 126: 497-503 (2012) [IF: 2.686]
35. Pala M, Olivieri A, Achilli A, Accetturo M, Metspalu E, Reidla M, Tamm E, Karmin M, Reisberg T, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Carossa V, Gandini F, Pereira JB, Soares P, Angerhofer N, Rychkov S, Al-Zahery N, Carelli V, Sanati MH, Houshmand M, Hatina J, Macaulay V, Pereira L, Woodward SR, Davies W, Gamble C, Baird D, Semino O, Villems R, Torroni A, Richards MB. Mitochondrial DNA signals of late glacial recolonization of Europe from near eastern refugia. Am J Hum Genet. 90: 915-24 (2012) [IF: 11.202]
36. Perego UA, Lancioni H, Tribaldos M, Angerhofer N, Ekins JE, Olivieri A, Woodward SR, Pascale JM, Cooke R, Motta J, Achilli A. Decrypting the mitochondrial gene pool of modern Panamanians. PLoS ONE. 7: e38337 (2012) [IF: 3.730]
37. Achilli A*, Olivieri A*, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Carossa V, Perego UA, Gandini F, Santoro A, Battaglia V, Grugni V, Lancioni H, Sirolla C, Bonfigli AR, Cormio A, Boemi M, Testa I, Semino O, Ceriello A, Spazzafumo L, Gadaleta MN, Marra M, Testa R, Franceschi C, Torroni A. Mitochondrial DNA backgrounds might modulate diabetes complications rather than T2DM as a whole. PLoS ONE. 6: e21029 (2011) [IF: 4.092] *These authors contributed equally to this work
38. Albertini E, Raggi L, Vagnini M, Sassolini A, Achilli A, Marconi G, Cartechini L, Veronesi F, Falcinelli M, Brunetti BG, Miliani C. Tracing the biological origin of animal glues used in paintings through mitochondrial DNA analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem. 399: 2987-95 (2011) [IF: 3.778]
39. Bonfiglio S, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Negrini R, Colli L, Liotta L, Ajmone-Marsan P, Torroni A, Ferretti L. The enigmatic origin of bovine mtDNA haplogroup R: sporadic interbreeding or an independent event of Bos primigenius domestication in Italy? PLoS ONE. 5: e15760 (2010) [IF: 4.411]
40. Ottoni C, Primativo G, Hooshiar Kashani B, Achilli A, Martěnez-Labarga C, Biondi G, Torroni A, Rickards O. Mitochondrial haplogroup H1 in north Africa: an early Holocene arrival from Iberia. PLoS ONE. 5: e13378 (2010) [IF: 4.411]
41. Perego UA, Angerhofer N, Pala M, Olivieri A, Lancioni H, Hooshiar Kashani B, Carossa V, Ekins JE, Gómez-Carballa A, Huber G, Zimmermann B, Corach D, Babudri N, Panara F, Myres NM, Parson W, Semino O, Salas A, Woodward SR, Achilli A*, Torroni A*. The initial peopling of the Americas: a growing number of founding mitochondrial genomes from Beringia. Genome Res. 20: 1174-9 (2010) [IF: 13.588] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
42. Santoro A, Balbi V, Balducci E, Pirazzini C, Rosini F, Tavano F, Achilli A, Siviero P, Minicuci N, Bellavista E, Mishto M, Salvioli S, Marchegiani F, Cardelli M, Olivieri F, Nacmias B, Chiamenti AM, Benussi L, Ghidoni R, Rose G, Gabelli C, Binetti G, Sorbi S, Crepaldi G, Passarino G, Torroni A, Franceschi C. Evidence for sub-haplogroup H5 of mitochondrial DNA as a risk factor for late onset Alzheimer's disease. PLoS ONE. 5: e12037 (2010) [IF: 4.411]
43. Soares P, Achilli A, Semino O, Davies W, Macaulay V, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A, Richards MB. The archaeogenetics of Europe. Curr Biol. 70: R174-R183 (2010) [IF: 10.026]
44. Achilli A*, Bonfiglio S*, Olivieri A, Malusŕ A, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Ajmone-Marsan P, Lotta L, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Ferretti L, Torroni A. The multifaceted origin of taurine cattle reflected by the mitochondrial genome. PLoS ONE. 4: e5753 (2009) [IF: 4.351] *These authors contributed equally to this work
45. Coudray C, Olivieri A, Achilli A, Pala M, Melhaoui M, Cherkaoui M, El-Chennawi F, Kossmann M, Torroni A, Dugoujon JM. The complex and diversified mitochondrial gene pool of Berber populations. Ann Hum Genet. 73: 196-214 (2009) [IF: 2.145]
46. Fornarino S, Pala M, Battaglia V, Maranta R, Achilli A, Modiano G, Torroni A, Semino O, Santachiara-Benerecetti SA. Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation. BMC Evol Biol. 9: 154 (2009) [IF: 4.294]
47. Ghelli A, Porcelli AM, Zanna C, Vidoni S, Mattioli S, Barbieri A, Iommarini L, Pala M, Achilli A, Torroni A, Rugolo M, Carelli V. The background of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J increases the sensitivity of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy cells to 2,5-hexanedione toxicity. PLoS ONE. 4: e7922 (2009) [IF: 4.351]
48. Grignani P, Turchi C, Achilli A, Peloso G, Alů M, Ricci U, Robino C, Pelotti S, Carnevali E, Boschi I, Tagliabracci A, Previderč C. Multiplex mtDNA coding region SNP assays for molecular dissection of haplogroups U/K and J/T. Forensic Sci Int-Genet. 4: 21-25 (2009) [IF: 2.421]
49. Ottoni C, Martěnez-Labarga C, Loogväli EL, Pennarun E, Achilli A, De Angelis F, Trucchi E, Contini I, Biondi G, Rickards O. First genetic insight into Libyan Tuaregs: a maternal perspective. Ann Hum Genet. 73: 438-48 (2009) [IF: 2.145]
50. Pala M, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Sanna D, Metspalu E, Tambets K, Tamm E, Accetturo M, Crossa V, Lancioni H, Panara F, Zimmermann B, Huber G, Al-Zahery N, Brisighelli F, Woodward SR, Francalacci P, Parson W, Salas A, Behar DM, Villems R, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. Mitochondrial haplogroup U5b3: a far echo of the Epipaleolithic in Italy and the legacy of the early Sardinians. Am J Hum Genet. 84: 814-21 (2009) [IF: 12.303]
51. Perego UA*, Achilli A*, Angerhofer N, Accetturo M, Pala M, Olivieri A, Hooshiar Kashani B, Ritchie KH, Scozzari R, Kong QP, Myres NM, Salas A, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Woodward SR, Torroni A. Distinctive Paleo-Indian migration routes from Beringia marked by two rare mtDNA haplogroups. Curr Biol. 19: 1-8 (2009) [IF: 10.992] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
52. Achilli A*, Olivieri A*, Pellecchia M, Uboldi C, Colli L, Al-Zahery N, Accetturo M, Pala M, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Battaglia V, Fornarino S, Kalamati J, Houshmand M, Negrini R, Semino O, Richards M, Macaulay V, Ferretti L, Bandelt HJ, Ajmone-Marsan P, Torroni A. Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle. Curr Biol. 18: R157-8 (2008) [IF: 10.777] (Cover story article) *These authors contributed equally to this work
53. Achilli A, Perego UA, Bravi CM, Coble MD, Kong QP, Woodward SR, Salas A, Torroni A, Bandelt HJ. The phylogeny of the four pan-American mtDNA haplogroups: implications for evolutionary and disease studies. PLoS ONE. 3: e1764 (2008) [IF: 4.351]
54. La Morgia C, Achilli A, Iommarini L, Barboni P, Pala M, Olivieri A, Zanna C, Vidoni S, Tonon C, Lodi R, Vetrugno R, Mostacci B, Liguori R, Carroccia R, Montagna P, Rugolo M, Torroni A, Carelli V. Rare mtDNA variants in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy families with recurrence of myoclonus. Neurology. 70: 762-70 (2008) [IF: 7.043]
55. Pello R, Martín MA, Carelli V, Nijtmans LG, Achilli A, Pala M, Torroni A, Gómez-Durán A, Ruiz-Pesini E, Martinuzzi A, Smeitink JA, Arenas J, Ugalde C. Mitochondrial DNA background modulates the assembly kinetics of OXPHOS complexes in a cellular model of mitochondrial disease. Hum Mol Genet. 17: 4001-11 (2008) [IF: 7.249]
56. Turchi C, Buscemi L, Previderč C, Grignani P, Brandstätter A, Achilli A, Parson W, Tagliabracci A. Italian mitochondrial DNA database: results of a collaborative exercise and proficiency testing. Int J Legal Med. 122: 199-204 (2008) [IF: 2.574]
57. Achilli A, Olivieri A, Pala M, Metspalu E, Fornarino S, Battaglia V, Accetturo M, Kutuev I, Khusnutdinova E, Pennarun E, Cerutti N, Di Gaetano C, Crobu F, Palli D, Matullo G, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Cavalli-Sforza LL, Semino O, Villems R, Bandelt HJ, Piazza A, Torroni A. Mitochondrial DNA variation of modern Tuscans supports the Near Eastern origin of Etruscans. Am J Hum Genet. 80: 759-68 (2007) [IF: 11.092]
58. Hudson G, Carelli V, Spruijt L, Gerards M, Mowbray C, Achilli A, Pyle A, Elson J, Howell N, La Morgia C, Valentino ML, Huoponen K, Savontaus ML, Nikoskelainen E, Sadun AA, Salomao SR, Belfort R Jr, Griffiths P, Man PY, de Coo RF, Horvath R, Zeviani M, Smeets HJ, Torroni A, Chinnery PF. Clinical expression of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy is affected by the mitochondrial DNA-haplogroup background. Am J Hum Genet. 81: 228-33 (2007) [IF: 11.092]
59. Lucaccioni A, Pavlov YI, Achilli A, Babudri N. High rate of starvation-associated mutagenesis in Ung- yeast caused by the overproduction of human activation-induced deaminase. Curr Genet. 52: 239-45 (2007) [IF: 2.507]
60. Lucaccioni A, Morpurgo G, Achilli A, Barberio C, Casalone E, Babudri N. Colony density influences invasive and filamentous growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 52: 35-38 (2007) [IF: 0.989]
61. Olivieri A, Achilli A, Pala M, Battaglia V, Fornarino S, Al-Zahery N, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Behar DM, Dugoujon J-M, Coudray C, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. Timing of a back-migration into Africa. Reply to Forster P and Romano V. Science. 316: 51-53 (2007) [IF: 26.372]
62. Pellecchia M, Negrini R, Colli L, Patrini M, Milanesi E, Achilli A, Bertorelle G, Cavalli Sforza LL, Piazza A, Torroni A, Ajmone-Marsan P. The mystery of Etruscan origin: novel clues from Bos taurus mitochondrial DNA. Proc R Soc B-Biol Sci. 274: 1175-9 (2007) [IF: 4.112]
63. Accetturo M, Santamaria M, Lascaro D, Rubino F, Achilli A, Torroni A, Tommaseo-Ponzetta M, Attimonelli M. Human mtDNA site specific variability values can act as haplogroup markers. Hum Mutat. 27: 965-74 (2006) [IF: 6.473]
64. Behar DM, Metspalu E, Kivisild T, Achilli A, Hadid Y, Tzur S, Pereira L, Amorim A, Quintana-Murci L, Majamaa K, Herrnstadt C, Howell N, Balanovsky O, Kutuev I, Pshenichnov A, Gurwitz D, Bonne-Tamir B, Torroni A, Villems R, Skorecki K. The matrilineal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jewry: portrait of a recent founder event. Am J Hum Genet. 78: 487-97 (2006) [IF: 12.629]
65. Carelli V, Achilli A, Valentino ML, Rengo C, Semino O, Pala M, Olivieri A, Mattiazzi M, Pallotti F, Carrara F, Zeviani M, Leuzzi V, Carducci C, Valle G, Simionati B, Mendieta L, Salomao S, Belfort R Jr, Sadun AA, Torroni A. Haplogroup effects and recombination of mtDNA: novel clues from the analysis of LHON pedigrees. Am J Hum Genet. 78: 564-74 (2006) [IF: 12.629]
66. Grignani P, Peloso G, Achilli A, Turchi C, Tagliabracci A, Alů M, Beduschi G, Ricci U, Giunti L, Robino C, Gino S, Previderč C. Subtyping mtDNA haplogroup H by SNaPshot minisequencing and its application in forensic individual identification. Int J Legal Med. 120: 151-6 (2006) [IF: 2.600]
67. Kong QP, Bandelt HJ, Sun C, Yao YG, Salas A, Achilli A, Wang CY, Zhong L, Zhu CL, Wu SF, Torroni A, Zhang YP. Updating the East Asian mtDNA phylogeny: a prerequisite for the identification of pathogenic mutations. Hum Mol Genet. 15: 2076-86 (2006) [IF: 8.099]
68. Olivieri A, Achilli A, Pala M, Battaglia V, Fornarino S, Al-Zahery N, Scozzari R, Cruciali F, Behar DM, Dugoujon JM, Coudray C, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. The mtDNA legacy of the Levantine Early Upper Palaeolithic in Africa. Science. 314: 1767-70 (2006) [IF: 30.028]
69. Torroni A, Achilli A, Macaulay V, Richards M, Bandelt HJ. Harvesting the fruit of the human mtDNA tree. Trends Genet. 22: 339-45 (2006) [IF: 9.950]
70. Valentino ML, Barboni P, Rengo C, Achilli A, Torroni A, Lodi R, Tonon C, Barbiroli B, Fortuna F, Montagna P, Baruzzi A, Carelli V. The 13042G --> A/ND5 mutation in mtDNA is pathogenic and can be associated also with a prevalent ocular phenotype. J Med Genet. 43: e38 (2006) [IF: 5.087]
71. Achilli A, Rengo C, Battaglia V, Pala M, Olivieri A, Fornarino S, Magri C, Scozzari R, Babudri N, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Bandelt HJ, Semino O, Torroni A. Saami and Berbers--an unexpected mitochondrial DNA link. Am J Hum Genet. 76: 883-6 (2005) [IF: 12.649]
72. Bandelt HJ, Achilli A, Kong QP, Salas A, Lutz-Bonengel S, Sun C, Zhang YP, Torroni A, Yao YG. Low ‘‘penetrance’’ of phylogenetic knowledge in mitochondrial disease studies. Biochem Bioph Res Co. 331: 1301-9 (2005) [IF: 3.000]
73. Ghezzi D, Marelli C, Achilli A, Goldwurm S, Pezzoli G, Barone P, Pellecchia MT, Stanzione P, Brusa L, Bentivoglio AR, Bonuccelli U, Petrozzi L, Abbruzzese G, Marchese R, Cortelli P, Grimaldi D, Martinelli P, Ferrarese C, Garavaglia B, Sangiorgi S, Carelli V, Torroni A, Albanese A, Zeviani M. Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup K is associated with a lower risk of Parkinson's disease in Italians. Eur J Hum Genet. 13: 748-52 (2005) [IF: 3.251]
74. Macaulay V, Hill C, Achilli A, Rengo C, Clarke D, Meehan W, Blackburn J, Semino O, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Taha A, Shaari NK, Raja JM, Ismail P, Zainuddin Z, Goodwin W, Bulbeck D, Bandelt HJ, Oppenheimer S, Torroni A, Richards M. Tracing modern human origins. Reply to Harpending H and Eswaran V. Science. 309: 1995-7 (2005) [IF: 30.927]
75. Macaulay V, Hill C, Achilli A, Rengo C, Clarke D, Meehan W, Blackburn J, Semino O, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Taha A, Shaari NK, Raja JM, Ismail P, Zainuddin Z, Goodwin W, Bulbeck D, Bandelt HJ, Oppenheimer S, Torroni A, Richards M. Single, rapid coastal settlement of Asia revealed by analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes. Science. 308: 1034-6 (2005) [IF: 30.927]
76. Marjanovic D, Fornarino S, Montagna S, Primorac D, Hadziselimovic R, Vidovic S, Pojskic N, Battaglia V, Achilli A, Katja D, Andjelinovic S, Torroni A, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O. The peopling of modern Bosnia-Herzegovina: Y-chromosome haplogroups in the three main ethnic groups. Ann Hum Genet. 69: 1-7 (2005) [IF: 3.192]
77. Achilli A, Matmati N, Casalone E, Morpurgo G, Lucaccioni A, Pavlov YI, Babudri N. The exceptionally high rate of spontaneous mutations in the polymerase delta proofreading exonuclease-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain starved for adenine. BMC Genet. 5: 34 (2004) [IF: 3.250]
78. Achilli A, Rengo C, Magri C, Battaglia V, Olivieri A, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Zeviani M, Briem E, Carelli V, Moral P, Dugoujon JM, Roostalu U, Loogväli EL, Kivisild T, Bandelt HJ, Richards M, Villems R, Santachiara Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Torroni A. The molecular dissection of mtDNA haplogroup H confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian glacial refuge was a major source for the European gene pool. Am J Hum Genet. 75: 910-8 (2004) [IF: 12.340]
79. Valentino ML, Barboni P, Ghelli A, Bucchi L, Rengo C, Achilli A, Torroni A, Lugaresi A, Lodi R, Barbiroli B, Dotti M, Federico A, Baruzzi A, Carelli V. The ND1 gene of complex I is a mutational hot spot for Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Ann Neurol. 56: 631-41 (2004) [IF: 8.097]
80. Rootsi S, Magri C, Kivisild T, Benuzzi G, Help H, Bermisheva M, Kutuev I, Lovorka Barac L, Peričić M, Balanovsky O, Pshenichnov A, Dion D, Grobei M, Zhivotovsky LA, Battaglia V, Achilli A, Al-Zahery N, Parik J, King R, Cinnioglu C, Khusnutdinova E, Rudan P, Balanovska E, Scheffrahn W, Simonescu M, Brehm A, Goncalves R, Rosa A, Moisan JP, Ferak V, Füredi S, Oefner PJ, Shen P, Beckman L, Mikerezi I, Terzić R, Primorac D, Cambon-Thomsen A, Krumina A, Torroni A, Underhill PA, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Villems R, Semino O. Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup I reveals distinct domains of prehistoric gene flow in Europe. Am J Hum Genet. 75: 128-37 (2004) [IF: 12.340]
81. Reidla M, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Kaldma K, Tambets K, Tolk HV, Parik J, Loogvali EL, Derenko M, Malyarchuk B, Bermisheva M, Zhadanov S, Pennarun E, Gubina M, Golubenko M, Damba L, Fedorova S, Gusar V, Grechanina E, Mikerezi I, Moisan JP, Chaventre A, Khusnutdinova E, Osipova L, Stepanov V, Voevoda M, Achilli A, Rengo C, Rickards O, De Stefano GF, Papiha S, Beckman L, Janicijevic B, Rudan P, Anagnou N, Michalodimitrakis E, Koziel S, Usanga E, Geberhiwot T, Herrnstadt C, Howell N, Torroni A, Villems R. Origin and diffusion of mtDNA haplogroup X. Am J Hum Genet. 73: 1178-90 (2003) [IF: 11.602]
82. Torroni A, Campos Y, Rengo C, Sellitto D, Achilli A, Magri C, Semino O, Garcia A, Jara P, Arenas J, Scozzari R. Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups do not play a role in the variable phenotypic presentation of the A3243G mutation. Am J Hum Genet. 72: 1005-12 (2003) [IF: 11.602]
83. Babudri N, Pavlov I, Matmati N, Ludovisi C, Achilli A. Stationary-phase mutations in proofreading exonuclease-deficient strains of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Genet Genomics. 265: 362-6 (2001) [IF: 1.522]
non-ISI PUBLICATIONS in extenso
1. Babudri N, Achilli A, Martinelli C, Moore E, Lancioni H, Pavlov YI. The role of DNA polymerase alpha in the control of mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells starved for nutrients. Čkol Genet 9: 53-61 (2011)
2. Babudri N, Lucaccioni A, Achilli A. Adaptive mutagenesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Čkol Genet 4: 20-28 (2006)
3. Marin A, Achilli A, Di Gaetano C, Guarrera S, Rengo C, Torroni A, Piazza A, Boëtsch G, Sella G, Rabino Massa E. Biodemographic and molecular analysis of an isolated Alpine population (Postua). International Journal of Anthropology 20: 259-275 (2005)
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Achilli A, Perego UA. Mitochondrial DNA: A Female Perspective in Recent Human Origin and Evolution. In: Origins as a Paradigm in the Sciences and in the Humanities. Eds. Spinozzi P, Zironi A. V&R unipress Scientific Series, Göttingen (2010)
