Journal Articles – Carmelo Fruciano

A list of my published papers can also be found on my Google Scholar profile.

*=equal contribution

Fruciano, C., Schmidt, D., Ramirez Sanchez, M.M., Morek, W., Avila Valle, Z.A., Talijancic, I., Pecoraro, C., Schermann, A. in press.

Tissue preservation can affect geometric morphometric analyses: a case study using fish body shape Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz069

Fruciano, C., Meyer, A., Franchini, P. 2019.

Divergent allometric trajectories in gene expression and coexpression produce species differences in sympatrically speciating Midas cichlid fish Genome Biology and Evolution 11(6): 1644–1657.

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz108

Franchini, P.*, Xiong, P.*, Fruciano, C., Schneider, R., Woltering, J. Meyer, A. 2019

MicroRNA Gene Regulation in Extremely Young and Parallel Adaptive Radiations of Crater Lake Cichlid Fish Molecular Biology and Evolution 36(11):2498–2511.

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz168

Celik, M., Dodt, W., Cascini, M., Haouchar, D., Evans, A.R., Bunce, M., Fruciano, C., Phillips, M.J. 2019.

A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of the Macropus complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186(3): 793-812.

DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz005

Phillips, M.J., Fruciano, C. 2018.

The soft explosive model of placental mammal evolution BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 104.

DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1218-x

Raffini, F.*, Fruciano, C.*, Meyer, A. 2018.

Morphological and genetic correlates in the left–right asymmetric scale-eating cichlid fish of Lake Tanganyika Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124(1): 67-84.

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly024

Chiozzi, G., Stiassny, M.L.J., De Marchi, G., Lamboj, A., Fasola, M., Fruciano, C. 2018.

A diversified kettle of fish: phenotypic variation in the endemic cichlid genus Danakilia of the Danakil Depression of northeastern Africa Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124(4): 690-705.

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly085

Raffini, F., Fruciano, C., Meyer, A. 2018.

Gene(s) and individual feeding behavior: exploring eco-evolutionary dynamics underlying left-right asymmetry in the scale-eating cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis Ecology and Evolution 8(11): 5495-5507.

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4070

Marcy, A., Fruciano, C., Phillips, M., Mardon, K., Weisbecker, V. 2018.

Low resolution scans can provide a sufficiently accurate, cost- and time-effective alternative to high resolution scans for 3D shape analyses PeerJ 6:e5032.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5032

Jones, J.C., Fruciano, C., Hildebrand, F., Al Toufalilia, H., Balfour, N.J., Bork, P., Engel, P., Ratnieks, F.L.W., Hughes, W.O.H. 2018.

Gut microbiota composition is associated with environmental landscape in honey bees Ecology and Evolution 8(1): 441-451.

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3597

Fruciano, C., Celik, M.A., Butler, K., Dooley, T. Weisbecker, V., Phillips, M.J. 2017.

Sharing is caring? Measurement error and the issues arising from combining 3D morphometric datasets Ecology and Evolution 7(17): 7034-7046.

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3256

Raffini, F., Fruciano, C., Franchini, P., Meyer, A. 2017

Towards understanding the genetic basis of mouth asymmetry in the scale‐eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis Molecular Ecology 26(1): 77-91.

DOI: 10.1111/mec.13699

Pappalardo, A.M., Francisco, S.M., Fruciano, C., Lima, C.S., Pulvirenti, V., Tigano, C., Robalo J.I., Ferrito, V. 2017.

Mitochondrial and nuclear intraspecific variation in the rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus, Blenniidae) Hydrobiologia 802(1): 141-154.

DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3248-6

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(1-2):288-296.

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.060

Fruciano, C.*, Franchini, P.*, Kovacova, V., Elmer, K., Henning, F., Meyer, A. 2016.

Genetic linkage of adaptive traits in sympatrically speciating Midas cichlid fish Nature Communications 7: 12736

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12736

Fruciano, C. 2016.

Measurement error in geometric morphometrics Development Genes and Evolution 226(3): 139-158.

DOI: 10.1007/s00427-016-0537-4

Fruciano, C., Franchini, P., Raffini, F., Fan, S., Meyer, A. 2016.

Are sympatrically speciating Midas cichlid fish special? Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the closely related species Archocentrus centrarchus Ecology and Evolution 6(12):4102-4114

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2184

Franchini, P., Xiong, P., Fruciano, C., Meyer, A. 2016.

The Role of microRNAs in the Repeated Parallel Diversification of Lineages of Midas Cichlid Fish from Nicaragua Genome Biology and Evolution 8(5): 1543-1555.

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw097

Franchini, P., Colangelo, P., Meyer, A., Fruciano, C. 2016.

Chromosomal rearrangements, phenotypic variation and modularity: a case study from a contact zone between house mouse Robertsonian races in Central Italy Ecology and Evolution 6(5): 1353-1362.

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1912

Jones, J.C., Fruciano, C., Keller, A., Schartl, M., Meyer, A. 2016.

Evolution of the elaborate male intromittent organ of Xiphophorus fishes Ecology and Evolution 6: 7207-7220

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2396

Schmieder, D.A., Benitez, H.A., Borissov, I.M., Fruciano, C.. 2015.

Bat species comparisons based on external morphology: a test of traditional versus geometric morphometric approaches Plos One 10(5):e0127043.

DOI: journal.pone.0127043

Fruciano, C., Pappalardo, A.M., Tigano, C., Ferrito, V. 2014.

Phylogeographic relationships of Sicilian brown trout and the effects of genetic introgression on morphospace occupation Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112:387-398.

DOI: 10.1111/bij.12279

Franchini, P.*, Fruciano, C.*, Spreitzer, M.L., Jones, J.C., Elmer, K.R., Henning, F., Meyer, A. 2014.

Genomic architecture of ecologically divergent body shape in a pair of sympatric crater lake cichlid fishes Molecular Ecology 23(7): 1828-1845.

DOI: 10.1111/mec.12590

Franchini, P.*, Fruciano, C.*, Frickey, T., Jones, J.C., Meyer, A. 2014

The gut microbial community of Midas cichlid fish in repeatedly evolved limnetic-benthic species pairs Plos One 9:e95027.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095027

Gunter, H., Xiong, F., Fan, S., Franchini, P., Fruciano, C., Meyer, A. 2013.

Shaping development through mechanical strain: the transcriptional basis of diet-dependent phenotypic plasticity in Astatoreochromis alluaudi Molecular Ecology 22:4516-4531.

DOI: 10.1111/mec.12417

Fruciano, C., Franchini, P., Meyer, A., 2013.

Resampling-based approaches to study variation in morphological modularity Plos One 8(7):e69376.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069376

Fruciano, C., Tigano, C., Ferrito, V., 2012.

Body shape variation and colour change during growth in a protogynous fish Environmental Biology of Fishes 94(4):615-622.

DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9968-y

Fruciano, C., Tigano, C., Ferrito, V., 2011.

Geographic morphological variation within and between colour phases in Coris julis (L. 1758), a protogynous marine fish. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104:148-162.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01700.x

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 158(6):1271-1286.

DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1647-1

Fruciano, C., Ferrito, V., Tigano, C., 2011.

Traditional and geometric morphometrics detect morphological variation of lower pharyngeal jaw in Coris julis (Teleostei, Labridae). Italian Journal of Zoology 78(3):320-327.

DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2010.547876

Ferrito, V., Pappalardo, A.M., Fruciano, C., Tigano, C. 2019.

Morphology of scale lepidonts in the genus Aphanius (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) using SEM. Italian Journal of Zoology 76(2):173-178.

DOI: 10.1080/11250000802555684