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GIACOMO BERNARDI Professor of EEBiology B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Paris 1991-1994: Post-Doc at Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University BERNARDI LAB

Center for Ocean Health 100 Shaffer Road University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: 831.459.5124 Fax: 831.459.3383 bernardi@biology.ucsc.edu office hours

Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Fishes

Our laboratory research focuses on understanding speciation mechanisms in Marine Organisms. We have elected to specifically work on fishes as model systems. To approach this vast question, we mainly investigate two different fields of Molecular Evolution. 1) Molecular Phylogenetics: We are interested in understanding phylogenetic relationships between species complexes that correspond either to large groups (Scarids) of fishes, or to species that are in the process of speciation (i.e.Girella, Dascyllus). 2) Population genetics: We are generally interested in studying the relationships between dispersal capabilities and gene flow in fish populations. Our main areas of investigation are the temperate and subtropical Eastern Pacific, the Sea of Cortez, and the Indo-West Pacific.

Selected Publications

Giuseppe Bucciarelli, Miriam Di Filippo, Domenico Costagliola, Fernando Alvarez-Valin, Giacomo Bernardi, and Giorgio Bernardi. 2009. Environmental genomics: a tale of two fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution (in press).

Alejandro Vagelli, Martha Burford, and Giacomo Bernardi. 2009. Fine scale dispersal in Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, a coral reef species lacking a pelagic larval phase. Marine Genomics 1: 129-134.

Celine Reisser, Ricardo Beldade, and Giacomo Bernardi. 2009. Multiple paternity and competition in sympatric congeneric reef fishes, Embiotoca jacksoni and E. lateralis. Molecular Ecology 18, 1504-1510.

Giacomo Bernardi. 2008. The name of the Father: Conflict between Louis and Alexander Agassiz, and the Embiotoca surfperch radiation. Journal of Fish Biology (in press).

Giacomo Bernardi, Yvette R. Alva-Campbell, Joao L. Gasparini, Sergio R. Floeter. 2008. Molecular ecology, speciation, and evolution of the reef fish genus Anisotremus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 929-935.

Martha O. Burford, and Giacomo Bernardi. 2008. Incipient speciation within a subgenus of rockfish (Sebastosomus) provides evidence of recent radiations within an ancient species flock. Marine Biology 154: 701-717.

Marina Ramon, Peter Nelson, Edward DeMartini, William Walsh, and Giacomo Bernardi 2008. Phylogeography, historical demography, and the role of post-settlement ecology in two Hawaiian damselfish species. Marine Biology 153: 1207-1217.

Daniel Golani, Ernesto Azzurro, Maria Corsini-Foka, Manuela Falautano, Franco Andaloro, and Giacomo Bernardi. 2007. Genetic bottlenecks and successful biological invasions: the case of a recent Lessepsian migrant. Biology Letters. 3: 541-545.

Bernardi, G. and J. Lape. 2005. Tempo and mode of speciation in the Baja California disjunct fish species Anisotremus davidsonii. Molecular Ecology 14: 4085-4096.

Domingues, V., G. Bucciarelli, V.C. Almada, and G. Bernardi. 2005. Historical colonization and demography of the Mediterranean damselfish, Chromis chromis. Molecular Ecology 14: 4051-4063.

Bernardi, G. 2005. Phylogeography and demography of sympatric sister species, Embiotoca jacksoni and E. lateralis along the California coast: Historical versus ecological factors. Evolution 59 386-394.