Dario Copetti

Research Scientist V - School of Plant Sciences
520-626-9591

Research Lab/Affiliation

Arizona Genomics Institute - Dr. Rod Wing

Educational Background

  • MS and PhD in Plant Biothechnology and Plant Genomics.
  • Interested in plant genome biology and evolution, analysis of genomic datasets, and DNA sequencing technologies.

Selected Publications

- Selective sweep at the Rpv3 locus during grapevine breeding for downy mildew resistance. Di Gaspero G, Copetti D, Coleman C, Castellarin SD, Eibach R, Kozma P, Lacombe T, Gambetta G, Zvyagin A, Cindrić P, Kovács L, Morgante M, Testolin R. Theor Appl Genet. 2011 Sep 2
- Stein Joshua C, Yu Yeisoo, Copetti Dario, Zwickl Derrick J, Zhang Li, Zhang Chengjun, Chougule Kapeel, Gao Dongying, Iwata Aiko, Goicoechea Jose Luis, others. Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza. Nature genetics. 2018; 50(2):285--296.
- Copetti Dario, Burquez Alberto, Bustamante Enriquena, Charboneau Joseph LM, Childs Kevin L, Eguiarte Luis E, Lee Seunghee, Liu Tiffany L, McMahon Michelle M, Whiteman Noah K, others. Extensive gene tree discordance and hemiplasy shaped the genomes of North American columnar cacti. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017; 114(45):12003-- 12008.
- Frei D, Veekman E, Grogg D, Stoffel-Studer I, Morishima A, Shimizu-Inatsugi R, Yates S, Shimizu K, Frey J, Studer B, Copetti D. Ultralong Oxford Nanopore Reads Enable the Development of a Reference-Grade Perennial Ryegrass Genome Assembly. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2021 August 01; 13(8):-. DOI:10.1093/gbe/evab159
- Walkowiak S, Gao L, Monat C, Haberer G, Kassa M, Brinton J, Ramirez-Gonzalez R, et al. Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding. Nature. 2020 November 25; 588(7837):277-283. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2961-x DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2961-x