Venera Ferrito

Associate Professor of [BIO/06]
Membership Section: Animal Biology

Ferrito Venera, associate professor of Comparative Anatomy and Cytology (BIO 06). Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Basic Embriology. 

  1. Pappalardo A.M.,Raffa A., Calogero G.S., Ferrito V. (submitted). Geographic pattern of sushi product misdescription in Italy - A crosstalk between citizen science and DNA barcoding. Foods.
  2. Francisco S.M., Castilho R., Lima C.S., Almada F., Rodrigues F., Sanda R., Vukic J., Pappalardo A.M., Ferrito V., Robalo J.I. (under review) Genetic hypervariability across the Pillars of Hercules in a venomous rockfish. PeerJ.
  3.  Pappalardo A.M.,Ferrito V., Biscotti, M.A., Canapa, A., Capriglione, T. (under review) Transposable elements and stress in vertebrates: an overview. International Journal of Molecular Science.
  4. Torri M., Pappalardo A.M.,Ferrito V., et al. (under review). Signals from the deep-sea: genetic structure, morphometric analysis and ecological implications of Cyclothone braueri(Pisces, Gonostomatidae) early life stage in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Marine Environmental Research.
  5. Pappalardo A.M., Copat C., Raffa A., Rossitto L., Grasso A., Fiore M., Ferrante M., Ferrito V. (2020).Fish-based baby food concern: from species authentication to exposure risk assessment. Molecules25, 3961   
  6. Ferrito V., Raffa A., Rossitto L., Federico C., Saccone S., Pappalardo A.M. (2019). Swordfish or shark slice? A rapid response by COIBar-RFLP. Foods8 (11), 537.  DOI: 10.3390/foods8110537(IF: 3.011
  7. Pappalardo A.M., Petraccioli A., CapriglioneT., FerritoV. (2019). From fish eggs to fish name: caviar species discrimination by COIBar-RFLP, an efficient molecular approach to detect fraudulent caviar trade. Molecules24(13), 2468
  8.  Conti E., Mulder C., Pappalardo A.M.,Ferrito V., Costa G. (2019). How soil granulometry, temperature and water predict genetic differentiation in namibianAriadnaspiders and explain their behaviour. Ecology and Evolution 9(8): 4382- 4391. DOI:10.1002/ece3.4929 
  9. Pappalardo A.M.,Federico C., Saccone S., Ferrito V. (2018). Differential flatfish species detection by COIBar-RFLP in processed seafood products. European Food Research and Technology 244(12): 2191-2201. DOI: 10.1007/s00217-018-3129-x
  10.  Federico C., Lombardo D., La Porta N., Pappalardo A.M., Ferrito V., Lombardo F., Saccone S. (2018). Rapid molecular identification of necrophagous Diptera by means of variable-length of intron sequences in the wingless gene. Journal of Forensic and Legal medicine56: 66-72.
  11. Ferrante M., Pappalardo A.M., Ferrito V., Pulvirenti V., Fruciano C., Grasso A., Sciacca S., Tigano C., Copat C. (2017). Bioaccumulation of metals and biomarkers of environmental stress in Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814) sampled along the Italian coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin , 122: 288-296
  12. Federico C., Pappalardo,A.M., Ferrito, V., Tosi, S., Saccone, S. (2017) Genomic properties of chromosomal bands are linked to evolutionary rearrangements and new centromere formation in primates. Chromosome Research: July 2017, Pages 1-16.
  13. Pappalardo,A.M., Francisco,S.M., Fruciano C., S Lima C., Pulvirenti V., Tigano C., Robalo,J.I., Ferrito V. (2017) Mitochondrial and nuclear intraspecific variation in the rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus, Blenniidae). Hydrobiologia, June 2017 Pages 1-14
  14. Di Mauro, M.D., Ferrito, V., Scifo, C., Renis, M., Tomasello, B. (2017) Effectiveness of Natural Compounds on DNA Damage in Coris julis (Linneaus 1758) froma Polluted Marine Area. Water, Air, And Soil Pollution, 228 (6) 2017.
  15. Pappalardo A.M., Copat C., Ferrito V., Grasso A., Ferrante M. (2017) Heavy metal content and molecular species identifcation in canned tuna: Insights into human food safety. Molecular Medicine Report, 15 (5): 3430-3437.
  16. Ferrito V, Bertolino V, Pappalardo AM (2016). White fish authentication by COIBar-RFLP: toward a common strategy for the rapid identification of species in convenience seafood. Food Control, Vol. 70, P. 130-137
  17. Federico C, Palmieri C, Pappalardo AM, Ferrito V, Pappalardo M, Librando V, Saccone S (2016). Mutagenic properties of linuron and chlorbromuron evaluated by means of cytogenetic biomarkers in mammalian cell lines.Environmental Science And Pollution Research International, Issn: 0944-1344, doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6867-y
  18. Pappalardo AM, D’urso V, Viscuso R, Ferrito V, Giunta Mc, Cupani S,Vitale DGM (2016). Morphostructural investigation of the female reproductive system and molecular evidence for Wolbachia in Balclutha brevis Lindberg 1954 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). . MICRON, vol. 81, p. 23-33, ISSN: 0968-4328, doi:10.1016/j.micron.2015.12.003
  19. Pappalardo AM, Federico C, Sabella G, Saccone S, Ferrito V (2015) A COI nonsynonymous mutation as diagnostic tool for intraspecific discrimination in the European Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus). Plos One, ISSN: 1932-6203, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143297.
  20. Pappalardo AM, Ferrito V (2015). A COIBar-RFLP strategy for the rapid detection of Engraulis encrasicolus in processed anchovy products. Food Control, vol. 57, p. 385-392, ISSN: 0956-7135
  21. Pappalardo AM, Gonzalez EG, Doadrio I, Tigano C, Ferrito V (2015). Comparative pattern of genetic structure in two Mediterranean killifishes (Aphanius fasciatus and A. iberus) inferred from both mitochondrial and nuclear data. Journal of Fish Biology, ISSN: 0022-1112, doi: doi:10.1111/jfb.12693
  22. Pappalardo AM, Cuttitta A, Sardella A, Musco M, Maggio T, Patti B, Mazzola S, Ferrito V (2015). DNA barcoding and COI sequence variation in Mediterranean lanternfishes larvae.. Hydrobiologia, vol. 745, ISSN: 0018-8158, doi: DOI 10.1007/s10750-014-2161-5
  23. Pappalardo AM, Ferrito V (2015). DNA barcoding species identification unveils mislabeling of processed flatfish products in southern Italy markets. Fisheries Research, vol. 164, p. 153-158, ISSN: 0165-7836
  24. Cuttitta A, Patti B, Maggio T, Quinci EM, Pappalardo AM, Ferrito V, De Pinto V, Torri M, Falco F, Nicosia A., Musco M, Armeri GM, Placenti F, Tranchida G, Mifsud R, Bonanno A, Mazzola S (2015). Larval population structure of Engraulis encrasicolus in the Strait of Sicily as revealed by morphometric and genetic analyses. Fisheries Oceanography, vol. 24, p. 135-149, ISSN: 1054-6006
  25. Fruciano C, Pappalardo AM, Tigano C, Ferrito V (2014). Phylogeographic relationships of Sicilian brown trout and the effect of genetic introgression on morphospace occupation. Biological Journal Of The Linnean Society, ISSN: 0024-4066
  26. Ferrito V, Pappalardo AM, Canapa A, Barucca M, Doadrio I, Olmo E, Tigano C (2013). Mitochondrial phylogeography of the killifish Aphanius fasciatus (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) reveals highly divergent Mediterranean populations. Marine Biology, vol. 160, p. 3193-3208, ISSN: 0025-3162, doi: DOI 10.1007/s00227-013-2307-4
  27. Tomasello B, Copat C, Pulvirenti V, Ferrito V, Ferrante M, Renis M, Sciacca S, Tigano C (2012). Biochemical and bioaccumulation approaches for investigating marine pollution using Mediterranean rainbow wrasse, Coris julis (Linneaus 1798). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 86, p. 168-175, ISSN: 0147-6513
  28. Fruciano C, Tigano C, Ferrito V (2012). Body shape variation and colour change during growth in a protogynous fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 94, p. 615-622, ISSN: 0378-1909, doi:10.1007/s10641-011-9968-y
  29. Fruciano C, Hanel R, Debes P.V, Tigano C, Ferrito V (2011). Atlantic-Mediterranean and within Mediterranean molecular variation in Coris julis (L. 1758) (Teleostei, Labridae). Marine Biology, ISSN: 0025-3162, doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1647-1
  30. C.Fruciano, C.Tigano, Ferrito V (2011). Geographic morphological variation within and between color phases in a protogynous fish. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 104, p. 148-162, ISSN: 0024-4066
  31. Fruciano C, Tigano C, Ferrito V (2011). Traditional and geometric morphometrics detect morphological variation of lower pharyngeal jaw in Coris julis (Teleostei, Labridae).The Italian Journal of Zoology, vol. 78, p. 320-327, ISSN: 1125-0003, doi:10.1080/11250003.2010.54787
  32. Tigano C, Tomasello B, Pulvirenti V, Ferrito V, Copat C, Carpinteri G, Mollica E, Sciacca S, Renis M (2009). Assessment of environmental stress in Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas,1814) of the SicilianIonian coast. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 72, p. 1278-1286, ISSN: 0147-6513
  33. Ferrito V, Pappalardo A.M, Fruciano C, Tigano C (2009). Morphology of scale lepidonts in the genus Aphanius (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) using SEM. The Italian Journal of Zoology, vol. 76 (2), p. 173-178, ISSN: 1125-0003
  34. Pappalardo A.M, Ferrito V, Messina A, De Pinto V, Tigano C (2008). Population structure of the killifish Aphanius fasciatus (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), results of mitochondrial DNA analysis. Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 72, p. 1154-1173, ISSN: 0022-1112, doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01748.x
  35. Ferrito V, Mauceri A, Minniti F, Isaja M, Maisano M, Tigano C (2007). Comparative morphological studies of the neurocranium and the gills of two species of blennies living in different habitats. Acta Histochemica, vol. 109 , p. 428-436, ISSN:0065-1281, doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2007.03.008
  36. Rocco L, Ferrito V, Costagliola D, Marsilio A, Pappalardo A.M, Stingo V (2007). Genetic divergence among and within four Italian populations of Aphanius fasciatus (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes). The Italian Journal Of Zoology, vol. 74, p. 371-379, ISSN: 1125-0003, doi: 10.1080/11250000701451225
  37. Babbucci M, Pappalardo A.M, Patarnello T, Ferrito V, Tigano C (2007). Isolation and characterization of six polymorphic microsatellite markers in Aphanius fasciatus (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. VOL. 7, p. 293-295, ISSN: 1471-8278, doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01584.x
  38. Ferrito V, Pappalardo A.M, Mannino M.C, Tigano C (2007). Morphological variation among populations of Aphanius fasciatus Nardo 1827 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae). Journal Of Fish Biology, vol. 70, p. 1-20, ISSN: 0022-1112, doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01192.x
  39. Tigano C, Canapa A, Ferrito V, Barucca M, Arcidiacono I, Deidun A, Schembri P.J, Olmo E (2006). Study of the osteological and molecular differences in populations of Aphanius fasciatus Nardo 1827, of the central Mediterranean (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae). MARINE BIOLOGY, vol. 149, p. 1539-1550, ISSN: 0025-3162, doi: 10.1007/s00227-006-0300-x
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