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- Associate Professor
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Casola, Claudio Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Our group is interested in studying genome evolution and adaptation in plants, beetles and other organisms using both experimental and computational approaches.
Research topics in our group include gene evolution via de novo formation, gene duplication and horizontal transfer; genetic basis of drought tolerance and adaptation to aridity in conifers; evolution of the tree-killing habit in bark beetles.
We work in collaboration with scientists at TAMU, the University of Kentucky, Pisa University (Italy), the Texas A&M Forest Service, the ESSM Department Forest Science Laboratory and the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station.
Research topics in our group include gene evolution via de novo formation, gene duplication and horizontal transfer; genetic basis of drought tolerance and adaptation to aridity in conifers; evolution of the tree-killing habit in bark beetles.
We work in collaboration with scientists at TAMU, the University of Kentucky, Pisa University (Italy), the Texas A&M Forest Service, the ESSM Department Forest Science Laboratory and the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Mushinski, R. M., Zhou, Y., Hyodo, A., Casola, C., & Boutton, T. W.
(2024).
Interactions of long-term grazing and woody encroachment can shift soil biogeochemistry and microbiomes in savanna ecosystems. Geoderma.
441, 116733-116733.
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Markova, D. N., Ruma, F. B., Casola, C., Mirsalehi, A., & Betrn, E.
(2022).
Recurrent co-domestication of PIF/Harbinger transposable element proteins in insects. Mobile DNA.
13(1), 28.
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Casola, C., & Li, J.
(2022).
Beyond RuBisCO: convergent molecular evolution of multiple chloroplast genes in C4 plants. PeerJ.
10, e12791-e12791.
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Li, J., West, J. B., Hart, A., Wegrzyn, J. L., Smith, M. A., Domec, J., Loopstra, C. A., & Casola, C.
(2021).
Extensive Variation in Drought-Induced Gene Expression Changes Between Loblolly Pine Genotypes. Frontiers in Genetics.
12, 661440.
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Nelson, C. D., Crocker, E. V., DeWald, L., Raley, E. M., Adams, J. P., Crane, B. S., ... Merkle, S. A.
(2020).
Report on the Thirty-Fifth Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (SFTIC 2019). Tree Genetics and Genomes.
16(2), 31.
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Ruckman, S. N., Jonika, M. M., Casola, C., & Blackmon, H.
(2020).
Chromosome number evolves at equal rates in holocentric and monocentric clades. 16(10), e1009076-e1009076.
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Xing, Y., Dabney, A. R., Li, X., Wang, G., Gill, C. A., & Casola, C.
(2020).
SECNVs: A Simulator of Copy Number Variants and Whole-Exome Sequences From Reference Genomes. Frontiers in Genetics.
11, 82.
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Casola, C.
(2019).
Resequencing of massive pine genomes helps to unlock the genetic underpinning of quantitative traits in conifer trees. New Phytologist.
221(4), 1669-1671.
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Casola, C., & Lawing, A. M.
(2019).
The nonrandom evolution of gene families. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.
106(1), 14-17.
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Casola, C.
(2018).
From De Novo to "De Nono": The Majority of Novel Protein-Coding Genes Identified with Phylostratigraphy Are Old Genes or Recent Duplicates. Genome Biology and Evolution.
10(11), 2906-2918.
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Casola, C., & Koralewski, T. E.
(2018).
Pinaceae show elevated rates of gene turnover that are robust to incomplete gene annotation. The Plant Journal.
95(5), 862-876.
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Cossu, R. M., Casola, C., Giacomello, S., Vidalis, A., Scofield, D. G., & Zuccolo, A.
(2017).
LTR Retrotransposons Show Low Levels of Unequal Recombination and High Rates of Intraelement Gene Conversion in Large Plant Genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution.
9(12), 3449-3462.
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Neale, D. B., McGuire, P. E., Wheeler, N. C., Stevens, K. A., Crepeau, M. W., Cardeno, C., ... Wegrzyn, J. L.
(2017).
The Douglas-Fir Genome Sequence Reveals Specialization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Pinaceae. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.
7(9), 3157-3167.
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Casola, C., & Betrn, E.
(2017).
The Genomic Impact of Gene Retrocopies: What Have We Learned from Comparative Genomics, Population Genomics, and Transcriptomic Analyses?. Genome Biology and Evolution.
9(6), 1351-1373.
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Lin, X., Faridi, N., & Casola, C.
(2016).
An Ancient Transkingdom Horizontal Transfer of Penelope-Like Retroelements from Arthropods to Conifers. Genome Biology and Evolution.
8(4), 1252-1266.
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Casola, C.
(2016).
TP53 Gene and Cancer Resistance in Elephants. 315(16), 1788-1789.
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Carbone, L., Harris, R. A., Gnerre, S., Veeramah, K. R., Lorente-Galdos, B., Huddleston, J., ... Gibbs, R. A.
(2014).
Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes. Nature.
513(7517), 195-201.
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Marmoset Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium.
(2014).
The common marmoset genome provides insight into primate biology and evolution. Nature Genetics.
46(8), 850-857.
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Casola, C., Zekonyte, U., Phillips, A. D., Cooper, D. N., & Hahn, M. W.
(2012).
Interlocus gene conversion events introduce deleterious mutations into at least 1% of human genes associated with inherited disease. Genome Research.
22(3), 429-435.
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Emera, D., Casola, C., Lynch, V. J., Wildman, D. E., Agnew, D., & Wagner, G. P.
(2012).
Convergent evolution of endometrial prolactin expression in primates, mice, and elephants through the independent recruitment of transposable elements. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
29(1), 239-247.
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Marracci, S., Michelotti, V., Casola, C., Giacoma, C., & Ragghianti, M.
(2011).
Daz- and pumilio-like genes are asymmetrically localized in Pelophylax (Rana) oocytes and are expressed during early spermatogenesis. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution.
316(5), 330-338.
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Colbourne, J. K., Pfrender, M. E., Gilbert, D., Thomas, W. K., Tucker, A., Oakley, T. H., ... Boore, J. L.
(2011).
The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex. Science.
331(6017), 555-561.
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Locke, D. P., Hillier, L. W., Warren, W. C., Worley, K. C., Nazareth, L. V., Muzny, D. M., ... Wilson, R. K.
(2011).
Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes. Nature.
469(7331), 529-533.
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Arensburger, P., Megy, K., Waterhouse, R. M., Abrudan, J., Amedeo, P., Antelo, B., ... Atkinson, P. W.
(2010).
Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus establishes a platform for mosquito comparative genomics. Science.
330(6000), 86-88.
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Casola, C., Ganote, C. L., & Hahn, M. W.
(2010).
Nonallelic gene conversion in the genus Drosophila. Genetics.
185(1), 95-103.
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Bustos, O., Naik, S., Ayers, G., Casola, C., Perez-Lamigueiro, M. A., Chippindale, P. T., Pritham, E. J., & de la Casa-Espern, E.
(2009).
Evolution of the Schlafen genes, a gene family associated with embryonic lethality, meiotic drive, immune processes and orthopoxvirus virulence. Gene.
447(1), 1-11.
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Casola, C., & Hahn, M. W.
(2009).
Gene conversion among paralogs results in moderate false detection of positive selection using likelihood methods. Journal of Molecular Evolution.
68(6), 679-687.
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McGrath, C. L., Casola, C., & Hahn, M. W.
(2009).
Minimal effect of ectopic gene conversion among recent duplicates in four mammalian genomes. Genetics.
182(2), 615-622.
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Han, M. V., Demuth, J. P., McGrath, C. L., Casola, C., & Hahn, M. W.
(2009).
Adaptive evolution of young gene duplicates in mammals. Genome Research.
19(5), 859-867.
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Bai, Y., Casola, C., & Betrn, E.
(2009).
Quality of regulatory elements in Drosophila retrogenes. Genomics.
93(1), 83-89.
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Bai, Y., Casola, C., & Betrn, E.
(2008).
Evolutionary origin of regulatory regions of retrogenes in Drosophila. BMC GENOMICS.
9(1), 241.
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Marracci, S., Casola, C., Bucci, S., Mancino, G., & Ragghianti, M.
(2008).
Isolation and expression of RlYB2, a germ cell-specific Y-box gene in Rana. 75(1), 1-9.
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Casola, C., Hucks, D., & Feschotte, C.
(2008).
Convergent domestication of pogo-like transposases into centromere-binding proteins in fission yeast and mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
25(1), 29-41.
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Lin, R., Ding, L., Casola, C., Ripoll, D. R., Feschotte, C., & Wang, H.
(2007).
Transposase-derived transcription factors regulate light signaling in Arabidopsis. Science.
318(5854), 1302-1305.
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Casola, C., Lawing, A. M., Betrn, E., & Feschotte, C.
(2007).
PIF-like transposons are common in drosophila and have been repeatedly domesticated to generate new host genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
24(8), 1872-1888.
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Marracci, S., Casola, C., Bucci, S., Ragghianti, M., Ogielska, M., & Mancino, G.
(2007).
Differential expression of two vasa/PL10-related genes during gametogenesis in the special model system Rana. 217(5), 395-402.
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Ragghianti, M., Bucci, S., Marracci, S., Casola, C., Mancino, G., Hotz, H., ... Uzzell, T.
(2007).
Gametogenesis of intergroup hybrids of hemiclonal frogs. Genetical Research.
89(1), 39-45.
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Bai, Y., Casola, C., Feschotte, C., & Betrn, E.
(2007).
Comparative genomics reveals a constant rate of origination and convergent acquisition of functional retrogenes in Drosophila. 8(1), R11-R11.
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Casola, C., Marracci, S., Bucci, S., Ragghianti, M., Mancino, G., Hotz, H., Uzzell, T., & Guex, G. D.
(2004).
A hAT-related family of interspersed repetitive elements in genomes of western Palaearctic water frogs. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
42(3), 234-244.
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Ragghianti, M., Bucci, S., Casola, C., Marracci, S., & Mancino, G.
(2004).
Molecular investigations in western Palearctic water frogs. 71(sup2), 17-23.
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Mushinski, R. M., Zhou, Y., Hyodo, A., Casola, C., & Boutton, T. W.
(2024).
Interactions of long-term grazing and woody encroachment can shift soil biogeochemistry and microbiomes in savanna ecosystems. Geoderma.
441, 116733-116733.
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conference paper
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Casola, C., Conant, G. C., & Hahn, M. W.
(2012).
Very low rate of gene conversion in the yeast genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
3817-3826.
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Casola, C., Conant, G. C., & Hahn, M. W.
(2012).
Very low rate of gene conversion in the yeast genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
3817-3826.
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institutional repository document
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Casola, C., Owoyemi, A., Pepper, A. E., & Ioerger, T. R.
(2022).
Accurate identification of de novo genes in plant genomes using machine learning algorithms
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Casola, C., & Li, J.
(2021).
Beyond RuBisCO: Convergent molecular evolution of multiple chloroplast genes in C4 plants
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Casola, C., Owoyemi, A., Pepper, A. E., & Ioerger, T. R.
(2022).
Accurate identification of de novo genes in plant genomes using machine learning algorithms
Research
principal investigator on
- Identifying the genetic basis of adaptation to environmental stressors in loblolly pine and other conifers to improve forest health and productivity awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2019 - 2024
- Molecular Cytogenetics to Support Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding awarded by United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2015 - 2020
- Genomics applications to the study of gene evolution and adaptation in pine trees awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2014 - 2019
- Cooperative Forest Genomics - Enhancing and Conserving Tree Populations for a Changing Climate awarded by United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2013 - 2018
co-principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- BICH491 Hnr-research Instructor
- ECCB285 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECCB400 Molecular Ecology Instructor
- ECCB484 Internship Instructor
- ECCB485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECCB491 Research Instructor
- ECCB602 Molecular Evolution Instructor
- ECCB685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECCB689 Sptp: Ecological Genomics Instructor
- ECCB691 Research Instructor
- ESSM306 Plant Func Ecol & Adapt Instructor
- ESSM491 Research Instructor
- ESSM685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ESSM689 Sptp: Ecological Genomics Instructor
- ESSM691 Research Instructor
- GENE491 Hnr-research Instructor
- GENE648 Molecular Evolution Instructor
- GENE689 Sptp: Evln & Func Of New Genes Instructor
- GENE689 Sptp: Origin Of Genes Instructor
- MEPS691 Research Instructor
- WFSC484 Internship Instructor
- WFSC648 Molecular Evolution Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology, University of Pisa - (Pisa, Toscana, Italy) 2006
- M.S. in Biology, University of Pisa - (Pisa, Toscana, Italy) 2001
- The University of Texas at Arlington - (Arlington, Texas, United States) , Postdoctoral Training 2007
Contact
first name
- Claudio
has last name
- Casola
mailing address
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TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH
Ecosystem Science & Management
2138 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2138
USA
Other
- ccasola@tamu.edu