Dr. Claudio Ottoni
Sapienza
University of Rome (Italy)
ottocla@gmail.com
Professional Preparation
Post-doctoral fellow CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS(CEES), UNIVERSITY OF OSLO (NORWAY). 2016-present
Post-doctoral fellow and Research Assistant at CENTRE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES(CAS),UNIVERSITY KU-LEUVEN(BELGIUM). 2009-2016
PHD IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” 2004-2008
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION IN BIOLOGY (ITALY) Exam for professional qualification given at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, September 2004
DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF ROME “TOR VERGATA". 1998-2004
Selected Publications
Ottoni C., Van Neer W., De Cupere B., Daligault J., Guimaraes S., Peters J., Spassov N., Prendergast M., Boivin N., Morales-Muñiz A.,
Bălăşescu A., Becker C., Benecke N., Boroneant A., Buitenhuis H., Chahoud J., Crowther A., Llorente L., Manaseryan
N., Monchot H., Onar V., Osypińska M., Putelat O., Quintana Morales E., Studer J., Wierer U., Decorte R., Grange T., Geigl E. (2017). The
palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Ottoni C, Rasteiro R, Willet R, Claeys J, Talloen P, Van de Vijver K, Chikhi L, Poblome J, Decorte R(2016) Comparing maternal genetic
variation across two millennia reveals the demographic history of an ancient human population in
southwest Turkey.R Soc Open Sci.
Ottoni C, Flink LG, Evin A, Geörg C, De Cupere B, Van Neer W, Bartosiewicz L, Linderholm A, Barnett R, Peters J, Decorte R, Waelkens M,
Vanderheyden N, Ricaut FX, Hoelzel AR, Mashkour M, Mohaseb Karimlu AF, Sheikhi Seno S, Daujat J, Brock F, Pinhasi R, Hongo H, Perez-Enciso
M, Rasmussen M, Frantz L, Megens HJ, Crooijmans R, Groenen M, Arbuckle B, Benecke R, Strand
Vidarsdottir U, BurgerJ, Cucchi T, Dobney K, Larson G. (2013) Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia
revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics. Mol Biol Evol
Ottoni C, Larmuseau MHD, Vanderheyden N, Martínez-Labarga C, Primativo G, Biondi G, Decorte R, Rickards O (2011) Deep into the
roots of the Libyan Tuareg: a genetic survey oftheir paternal heritage. Am J Phys Anthr
Ottoni C, Primativo G, Kashani BH, Achilli A, Martinez-Labarga C, Biondi G,
Torroni A, Rickards O (2010) Mitochondrial haplogroup H1 in North Africa: An
Early Holocene arrival from Iberia. Plos One
Ottoni C, Koon H, Collins MJ, Rickards O, Craig OE (2009) Preservation of
ancient DNA in (thermally) damaged archaeological animal bones. Naturwissenschaften.
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