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Riccardo Pianezza

University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaORCID 0009-0007-6213-7853Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 5 Approach:statistical model· 4 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Robert KofleriD· 5 shared Anna HaideriD· 2 shared Matthew BeaumontiD· 2 shared Sarah A. SignoriD· 2 shared Almorò ScarpaiD· 1 shared Divya SelvarajuiD· 1 shared Sarah SaadainiD· 1 shared

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintOct 1, 2025

The ongoing invasion of the endogenous retrovirus Kuruka in natural Drosophila melanogaster populations

Riccardo Pianezza, Sarah Saadain, Matthew Beaumont…·Robert Kofler

The paper identifies and traces the spread of the endogenous retrovirus Kuruka in Drosophila melanogaster populations, showing its recent horizontal transfer from an Afrotropical species.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.01.679930

Drosophilastatistical model

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintMay 22, 2025

Biogeography shapes the TE landscape of Drosophila melanogaster

Riccardo Pianezza, Robert Kofler

The paper investigates how biogeography influences transposable element (TE) composition in Drosophila melanogaster by analyzing HTT events across 285 drosophilid genomes.

5 citations

DrosophilaDNA methylation

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintMar 10, 2025

Rapid emergence of hyperparasitic elements may stop P-element invasions in the absence of a piRNA-based host defence

Matthew Beaumont, Divya Selvaraju, Riccardo Pianezza, Robert Kofler

The paper shows that non-autonomous P-element insertions can stabilize TE copy numbers without piRNA defence, revealing a novel mechanism for TE population dynamics.

1 citation

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewedDec 18, 2024

GenomeDelta: detecting recent transposable element invasions without repeat library

Riccardo Pianezza, Anna Haider, Robert Kofler

GenomeDelta identifies recent transposable element invasions and other novel sequences without a repeat library, validated with simulated and real data.

5 citations

Drosophilazebrafish

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintApr 25, 2024

Unveiling the complete invasion history of D. melanogaster: three horizontal transfers of transposable elements in the last 30 years

Riccardo Pianezza, Almorò Scarpa, Anna Haider…·Robert Kofler

The paper identifies three recent horizontal transposon element transfers in D. melanogaster and links them to human activities.

3 citations

Drosophilawhole-genome sequencing

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