Giobbe Forni

This study investigates how the single visual opsin in deep-sea octopods evolves across different light environments, finding specific amino acid substitutions that alter spectral sensitivity and structural properties to adapt to pressure and light conditions.

The paper describes the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) pilot project, which tests a decentralized model for producing high-quality reference genomes across 98 European species.

BASE is a workflow that integrates non-ubiquitous gene orthogroups for selection regime analysis using CodeML, expanding the scope of comparative genomics studies.