Maria Grazia Cappai, Maria Grazia Antonietta Lunesu, Francesca Accioni, Massimo Liscia, Mauro Pusceddu, Lucia Burrai, Maria Nieddu, Corrado Dimauro, Gianpiero Boatto, Walter Pinna,
Abstract Previous works on albinism form of Asinara white donkeys ( Equus asinus ) identified the mutation leading to the peculiar phenotype spread to all specimens of the breed. Inbreeding naturally occurred under geographic isolation, on Asinara Island, in the Mediterranean Sea. Albino individuals can ... are believed to contribute to the conservation of Asinara donkeys, in which melanin, guaranteeing photoprotection, is lacking. ... were monitored. Identical natural grazing conditions for both Asinara (albino) and Sardo (pigmented) donkey breeds were assured ...
Tópico(s): Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
2016 - Wiley | Ecology and Evolution
Maria Grazia Cappai, Corrado Dimauro, Giovanni Paolo Biggio, Raffaele Cherchi, Francesca Accioni, Flavia Pudda, Gianpiero Boatto, Walter Pinna,
... of the different coat color between specimens of Asinara (albino, no. 8) vs. Sardo (dun-grey, no. ... and thus elicit the coping ability of albino (Asinara) in comparison with pigmented donkeys (Sardo). The biochemical ... of describing biochemical patterns on each respective breed (Asinara vs. Sardo). The multivariate analysis DA carried out ... circulating α-TOH found in the bloodstream of Asinara vs. Sardo donkeys under free grazing conditions turned ... donkey breeds, and found in the totality of Asinara (albino) donkeys solely, still apparently clinically healthy.
Tópico(s): Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
2020 - PeerJ, Inc. | PeerJ
Riccardo Graziani, Chiara Montomoli, Salvatore Iaccarino, Luca Menegon, Laura Nania, Rodolfo Carosi,
Abstract The Posada–Asinara Line is a crustal-scale transpressive shear zone affecting the Variscan basement in northern Sardinia during Late Carboniferous time. We investigated a structural transect of the Posada–Asinara Line (Baronie) with the aid of geological mapping ... the main deformation features developed during the Posada–Asinara Line activity (D2). The mineral assemblages and microstructures suggest that the Posada–Asinara Line was affected by a retrograde metamorphic path. ... flow stress and strain rate) during the Posada–Asinara Line activity. Quartz deformation temperatures of 400 ± 50 ° ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
2020 - Cambridge University Press | Geological Magazine
Valerio Joe Utzeri, Francesca Bertolini, Anisa Ribani, Giuseppina Schiavo, Stefania Dall’Olio, Luca Fontanesi,
... feral donkey population ( Equus asinus ), living in the Asinara National Park (an island north‐west of Sardinia, ... TYR gene was sequenced from 13 donkeys (seven Asinara white albino and six coloured animals). Seven single ... condition (G/G or D/D) in all Asinara white albino donkeys and in the albino son ... of this mutation. Genotyping 82 donkeys confirmed that Asinara albino donkeys had genotype G/G whereas all ... the causative mutation of the albinism in the Asinara white donkeys might open new perspectives to study ...
Tópico(s): Identification and Quantification in Food
2015 - Wiley | Animal Genetics
Maria Grazia Cappai, Maurizio Picciau, Giuseppa Nieddu, Ilaria Sogos, Raffaele Cherchi, Walter Pinna,
... and skin pigments. The white donkeys of <em>Asinara</em> island display a peculiar white coat, with ... into eumelanin in the 100% of the <em>Asinara</em>’s white donkey. This is the case ... 897) with the albino phenotype of the <em>Asinara</em>’s white donkey. These results definitely point to the fact that <em>Asinara</em>’s white donkey population owes its phenotype ... of view, the albino form of the <em>Asinara</em>’s white donkeys is similar to the ...
Tópico(s): Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
2015 - Taylor & Francis | Italian Journal of Animal Science
Mario De Luca, Vincenzo Pascucci, Alessandra Puccini, Laura Pireddu, Antonio Santonastaso, Myriam Stelletti, Vittorio Gazale, Aldo Zanello,
The Asinara Island Marine Protected Area (AMP) (Sardinia, Italy) represents one of the most uncontaminated areas of the Mediterranean ... well conditions of the marine ecosystem of the Asinara Marine Protect area. Moreover, the Coralligenous reefs developed ... allowed defining which was the paleogeography of the Asinara Island during the time interval comprised from 12. ...
Tópico(s): Marine and coastal plant biology
2022 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Maps
Francesca Piras, Vincenzo Spanu, Giuliana Siddi, Pernille Gymoese, Carlo Spanu, Veronica Cibin, Susanne Schjørring, Enrico Pietro Luigi De Santis, Christian Scarano,
... investigated Salmonella prevalence in slaughtered wild boars from Asinara island National Park in Sardinia (Italy). Salmonella isolates ... the animals from the geographical closed environment of Asinara island. Moreover, sequence analysis showed high similarity between ... enterica is widespread in wild boar population of Asinara island and could play an important role in ...
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
2021 - Elsevier BV | Food Control
Mauro Marini, C. Palomba, Paola Rizzi, Emanuela Casti, A. Marcia, Maurizio Paderi,
... approach.The method has been applied to the Asinara Island, whose area is subject to peculiar environmentally protective restrictions, due to the presence of the Asinara national park and the preservation of an historical ...
Tópico(s): Water resources management and optimization
2016 - Taylor & Francis | Desalination and Water Treatment
B. Cappelli, Luigi Carmignani, Francesca Castorina, A. Di Pisa, Giacomo Oggiano, Riccardο Petrini,
... HGMC). These complexes are separateli bu the "Posada-Asinara Line" which is a several kilometer-wide mylonitie ... as a continental collisional zone with the "Posada-Asinara Line" representing a suture zone squeezed between a ... Geological and geochemical evidence indicate that the "Posada-Asinara Line" may he considered as part of the ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
1992 - Taylor & Francis | Geodinamica Acta
... riportati i risultati delle erborizzazioni effettuate sull'isola Asinara la cui flora spontanea risulta costituita da 616 ... segnalazione in Italia. Viene inoltre auspicato che l'Asinara, per la presenza di specie a distribuzione limitata ...
Tópico(s): Historical and Environmental Studies
1988 - Taylor & Francis | Webbia
... Autori, che la ritennero presente solo nelle isole Asinara e Tavolara, è stata scoperta nella Sardegna Isola ... c. a una piccola area dell'Isola Piana (Asinara) presso Cala Murone; d. a una buona parte della costa occidentale dell'Isola Asinara; e. a tre piccole aree, di cui una ...
Tópico(s): Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
1956 - Taylor & Francis | Webbia
Roberto Romeo, Luca Baradello, Rita Blanos, Pietro Paolo Congiatu, Diego Cotterle, Saul Ciriaco, Federica Donda, Michele Deponte, Vittorio Gazale, Emiliano Gordini, Emanuele Lodolo, Paolo Paganini, Alessandro Pavan, Carla Pietrapertosa, P. Sterzai, Giovanni Vargiu, Aldo Zanello, R. Ramella, Daniel Gustavo Nieto Yabar,
... of the Marine Reserve Area (MRA) of the Asinara Island, along with a geological and sediment thickness ... and an airborne-derived hyperspectral image of the Asinara Island. Acquired data show that most of the eastern marine sector of the Asinara Island is characterized by quite gentle bathymetric gradients, ... high-resolution bathymetry of the MRA of the Asinara Island but also may furnish the base for ...
Tópico(s): Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
2019 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Maps
Rebecca Winter, Mauro Mucedda, Ermanno Pidinchedda, Uwe Kierdorf, Sabine Schmidt, Jasmin Mantilla‐Contreras,
... the Sardinian off-shore island and National Park Asinara, a formerly inhabited island. We applied a multi- ... island, a remarkably high bat diversity developed, making Asinara an important offshore retreat area for bats in ... a basis for future bat conservation measures on Asinara Island.
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2017 - Museum and Institute of Zoology | Acta Chiropterologica
Stefano Cuccuru, Leonardo Casini, Giacomo Oggiano, Edoardo Nicolò Simula,
... scale 1:10,000) of the Castellaccio Pluton (Asinara island – Italy), a peraluminous granodioritic intrusion of Variscan ...
Tópico(s): earthquake and tectonic studies
2018 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Maps
Giancarlo Lauriano, Caterina Maria Fortuna, Ginevra Moltedo, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara,
... Tursiops truncatus) and the artisanal fishery in the Asinara Island National Park (Sardinia). Using onboard observers, fishing ...
Tópico(s): Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
2023 - | IWC Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
Maddalena Floris, Vittorio Gazale, Federica Isola, Francesca Leccis, Salvatore Pinna, Cheti Pira,
... illustrates the case study of the “Isola dell’Asinara” Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Sardinia, where an ...
Tópico(s): Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
2020 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sustainability
Rodolfo Carosi, Alessandro Petroccia, Salvatore Iaccarino, Matteo Simonetti, Antonio Langone, Chiara Montomoli,
... of crystalline rocks and shear zone. The Posada-Asinara shear zone (PASZ) in northern Sardinia (Italy) is ...
Tópico(s): High-pressure geophysics and materials
2020 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Geosciences
Andrea Padiglia, Barbara Cadeddu, Fabio D. Ledda, Marco Bertolino, Gabriele Costa, Roberto Pronzato, Renata Manconi,
... Posidonia oceanica meadows at five sites in the Asinara Island MPA and three karstic submerged caves in ...
Tópico(s): Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
2018 - Taylor & Francis | The European Zoological Journal
Roberta Lecis, Gessica Tore, Alessandra Scagliarini, Elisabetta Antuofermo, Carla Dedola, Carla Cacciotto, Gian Mario Dore, Elisabetta Coradduzza, L. Gallina, Mara Battilani, Antonio G. Anfossi, Marco Muzzeddu, Bernardo Chessa, Marco Pittau, Alberto Alberti,
... and from sun associated cutaneous lesions of an Asinara (Sardinia, Italy) white donkey reared in captivity in ... skin of white and grey donkeys of the Asinara Island, and does not transform rodent fibroblasts in ...
Tópico(s): Microbial infections and disease research
2014 - Elsevier BV | Veterinary Microbiology
Manuela Pulina, Marta Meleddu,
... outlined for the Marine Protected Area of the Asinara Island, in Sardinia, one of the oldest MPA ... responses. The empirical findings show, that, overall the Asinara stakeholders would prefer to increase sustainable yields of ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2012 - Elsevier BV | Ocean & Coastal Management
Rosella Muresu, Elisa Polone, Silvia Sorbolini, Andrea Squartini,
... of windswept cliffs on the rocky shores of Asinara (Sardinia, Italy) and other limited locations. Sampling occurred in the protected natural park of the Asinara island. Roots and stems of the two plants ...
Tópico(s): Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
2011 - Taylor & Francis | Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
Philippe Rossi, Giacomo Oggiano, Alain Cocherie,
... central Sardinia is cross-cut by the Posada Asinara dextral shear zone. To the south, parautochthonous nappes ... la zone de déformation ductile dextre de Posada-Asinara en Gallura. Au sud, les nappes parautochtones chevauchent ...
Tópico(s): earthquake and tectonic studies
2009 - Elsevier BV | Comptes Rendus Géoscience
Stefania Pisanu, Rossella Filigheddu, Emmanuele Farris,
... by funds from the Management Plans of ICS Asinara, Asinara National Park, and Protected Marine Area of Tavolara‐ ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2009 - Taylor & Francis | Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
Federica Donda, Emiliano Gordini, Michele Rebesco, Vincenzo Pascucci, Giorgio Fontolan, Paolo Lazzari, Renzo Mosetti,
... and multibeam data collected off the coast of Asinara Island in the northernmost part of Sardinia have ...
Tópico(s): Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
2008 - Elsevier BV | Continental Shelf Research
David Iacopini, Rodolfo Carosi, Chiara Montomoli, Cees W. Passchier,
... strain partitioning has been analysed along the Nurra–Asinara transect of the NW Sardinian Variscan chain (Italy). The section in the Nurra–Asinara area is in a continuous sequence of tectono- ...
Tópico(s): High-pressure geophysics and materials
2007 - Elsevier BV | Tectonophysics
Barbara Catalano, Massimo Dalu, Umberto Scacco, Matteo Vacchi,
... monitoring survey on the artisanal fishery of the Asinara Island (NW Sardinia, Western Mediterranean) provided a unique ...
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
2007 - Taylor & Francis | Italian Journal of Zoology
E. Alessandra Strada, F. Talarico, Fabio Florindo,
... which occur along a major tectonic line (Posada‐Asinara Line), within a medium‐grade (MG) and a ... anomalies flanking the northeastern part of the Posada‐Asinara Line.
Tópico(s): earthquake and tectonic studies
2006 - American Geophysical Union | Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Daniela Casu, Giulia Ceccherelli, Marco Curini‐Galletti, Alberto Castelli,
Rocky intertidal platforms at Asinara Island Marine Protected Area (Italy, Mediterranean Sea) were experimentally trampled to assess the impact of human visitation on polychaetes.Trampling ...
Tópico(s): Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
2006 - Spanish National Research Council | Scientia Marina
Franco Marco Elter, Enrico Pandeli,
... Grimaud Fault) and Sardinia (e.g. the Posada-Asinara Line) consists of two shearing events: a ductile ... of the Posada Valley Zone and the Posada-Asinara Line within the Tuscan segment of the Variscan ...
Tópico(s): Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
2005 - | Journal of the Virtual Explorer
António Pais, Ernesto Azzurro, Lorenzo A. Chessa,
... depth levels from 0 to 30 metres, in Asinara Island National Park (NW Sardinia, Italy). Forty‐seven ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2004 - Taylor & Francis | Italian Journal of Zoology