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Silvia Bongiorni

Researcher at Tuscia University

Publications -  34
Citations -  1188

Silvia Bongiorni is an academic researcher from Tuscia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heterochromatin & Epigenetics. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 32 publications receiving 1093 citations.

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Heterochromatin, HP1 and methylation at lysine 9 of histone H3 in animals.

TL;DR: Methylated lysine 9 of histone H3 (Me9H3) is a marker of heterochromatin in divergent animal species and is enriched in the inactive mammalian X chromosome in female cells, as well as in the XY body during meiosis in the male, and forms a G-band pattern along the arms of the autosomes.
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Heterochromatin and tri-methylated lysine 20 of histone H4 in animals.

TL;DR: Evidence that Me( 3)K20H4 is dependent upon H3-specific Suv(3)9 histone methyltransferase activity, suggesting that there may be `epigenetic cross-talk' between histones H3 and H4 is presented, and it is shown that in coccids it is present on the facultatively heterochromatinised paternal chromosome set.
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The Relationship Between DNA Methylation and Chromosome Imprinting in the Coccid Planococcus citri

TL;DR: The data suggest that the two haploid sets are imprinted by parent-of-origin-specific DNA methylation with no correlation with the known gene-silencing properties of this base modification.
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Inverted meiosis and meiotic drive in mealybugs

TL;DR: It is revealed that at the second meiotic division in males a monopolar spindle is formed, to which only euchromatic chromosomes become attached, and this might represent an adaptation to chromosome holocentrism.
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Identification of a short region on chromosome 6 affecting direct calving ease in Piedmontese cattle breed.

TL;DR: Linkage Disequilibrium (LD) analysis showed high correlation between SNPs located within LAP3 and LCORL indicating a possible selection signature due either to increased fitness or breeders’ selection for the trait.