Moira Scascitelli
University of British Columbia
12 Papers
62 Citations
Moira Scascitelli is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Domestication & Paleopolyploidy. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications. Previous affiliations of Moira Scascitelli include Burapha University & University of Rome Tor Vergata.
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Papers
Sunflower domestication alleles support single domestication center in eastern North America
Benjamin K. Blackman,Moira Scascitelli,Nolan C. Kane,Harry H. Luton,David A. Rasmussen,Robert Bye,David L. Lentz,Loren H. Rieseberg +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence from multiple evolutionarily important loci and from neutral markers supports a single domestication event for extant cultivated sunflower in eastern North America.
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Of mice and (Viking?) men: Phylogeography of British and Irish house mice
Jeremy B. Searle,Catherine S. Jones,Catherine S. Jones,İslam Gündüz,Moira Scascitelli,Moira Scascitelli,Eleanor P. Jones,Jeremy S. Herman,R. Victor Rambau,Leslie R. Noble,Leslie R. Noble,R. J. Berry,Mabel D. Giménez,Fríða Jóhannesdóttir +13 more
TL;DR: The west European subspecies of house mouse has gained much of its current widespread distribution through commensalism with humans, which means that the phylogeography of M. m.
Complex origin of Trinitario-type Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) from Trinidad and Tobago revealed using plastid genomics
Ji Yong Yang,Moira Scascitelli,Lambert A. Motilal,Saemundur Sveinsson,Johannes M.M. Engels,Nolan C. Kane,Hannes Dempewolf,Dapeng Zhang,Kamaldeo Maharaj,Quentin C. B. Cronk +9 more
TL;DR: The Trinitario cultivar group is of complex hybrid origin and has derived from at least three original introduction events, including the founding lineages of cacao to Trinidad and Tobago.
An Interspecific Plant Hybrid Shows Novel Changes in Parental Splice Forms of Genes for Splicing Factors
TL;DR: The results suggest that novel alternative splicing patterns are present in a small percentage of genes in hybrids, but they could make a considerable impact on the expression of some genes.
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A Half-Century of Studies on a Chromosomal Hybrid Zone of the House Mouse
Mabel D. Giménez,Daniel W. Förster,Eleanor P. Jones,Fríða Jóhannesdóttir,Sofia I. Gabriel,Thadsin Panithanarak,Moira Scascitelli,Valeria Merico,Silvia Garagna,Jeremy B. Searle,Heidi C. Hauffe +10 more
TL;DR: A case study of how chromosomal rearrangements may impact the genetic structure of populations and their diversification is provided in the house mice of the Poschiavo-Valtellina area.
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