{"id":7143,"date":"2018-05-08T13:15:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T10:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.wpnet.upatras.gr\/personel\/mitsainas\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:34:16","slug":"mitsainas","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/biology.upatras.gr\/en\/personel\/mitsainas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsainas George"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Faculty Staff\/Section of Animal Biology<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor in Biodiversity of Mammals<\/strong>
\nOffice Location:<\/strong> 3rd<\/sup> Floor
\nEmail:<\/strong> mitsain@upatras.gr<\/a>
\nTelephone<\/strong>: +30 2610 969271<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"\"<\/a>Curriculum vitae<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Education<\/h2>\n
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  • 1996: Degree of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras<\/li>\n
  • 1999: MSc, Department of Biology, University of Patras<\/li>\n
  • 2006: PhD, Department of Biology, University of Patras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Educational activities<\/h2>\n

    Undergraduate courses:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Patras<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Animal Biology II: Deuterostomes<\/li>\n
    • Fauna of Greece<\/li>\n
    • Biodiversity and Conservation Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Patras<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Elements of Botany and Zoology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Postgraduate courses at the Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Patras:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Biodiversity Assessment and Bio-monitoring of Species & Habitats<\/li>\n
        • Environmental Planning and Management of Natural Areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \u00a0<\/strong>Supervisions<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Supervision of 9 MSc and 32 undergraduate dissertations (ongoing and completed).<\/p>\n

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          Research and other activities<\/h2>\n

          Recording and monitoring of the biodiversity of vertebrates, focusing on mammals. Protection and conservation of endemic, rare and threatened mammals of the Greek fauna. Faunistic studies, based on diet analysis (owl pellets, fecal matter etc.). Study of phylogenetic relationships, with the use of chromosomal and other approaches. Protection and sustainable management of Protected areas of Greece.<\/p>\n

          Representative publications<\/h2>\n
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          • MITSAINAS, G.P.<\/strong>, GIAGIA-\u0391THANASOPOULOU, \u0395.\u0392. 2005. Studies on the Robertsonian chromosomal variation of Mus musculus domesticus (Rodentia, Muridae) in Greece. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 (3): 503-513.<\/li>\n
          • REBUZZINI, P., CASTIGLIA, R., NERGADZE, S.G., MITSAINAS, G.P.<\/strong>, MUNCLINGER, P., ZUCCOTTI, M., CAPANNA, E., REDI, C.A., GARAGNA, S. 2009. Quantitative variation of LINE-1 sequences in five species and three subspecies of the subgenus Mus<\/em> and in five Robertsonian races of Mus musculus domesticus<\/em>. Chromosome Research<\/em> 17:65-76.<\/li>\n
          • CHM\u00c1TAL L, GABRIEL S.I., MITSAINAS G.P., MART\u00cdNEZ-VARGAS J., VENTURA J., SEARLE J.B., SCHULTZ R.M., LAMPSON M.A. 2014. Centromere strength provides the cell biological basis for meiotic drive and karyotype evolution in mice. Current Biology<\/em> 24: 2295-2300.<\/li>\n
          • DIDION J.P., MORGAN A.P., YADGARY L., BELL T.A., MCMULLAN R.C., ORTIZ DE SOLORZANO L., BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J., BULT C.J., CAMPBELL K.J., CASTIGLIA R., CHING Y.-H., CHUNCO A.J., CROWLEY J.J., CHESLER E.J., F\u00d6RSTER D.W., FRENCH J.E., GABRIEL S.I., GATTI D.M., GARLAND T., GIAGIA-ATHANASOPOULOU E.B., GIM\u00c9NEZ M.D., GRIZE S.A., G\u00dcND\u00dcZ \u0130., HOLMES A., HAUFFE H.C., HERMAN J.S., HOLT J.M., HUA K., JOLLEY W.J., LINDHOLM A.K., L\u00d3PEZ-FUSTER M.J., MITSAINAS G.P.<\/strong> et al.<\/em> R2d2 Drives Selfish Sweeps in the House Mouse. Molecular Biology and Evolution<\/em> 33: 1381-1395. DOI:10.1093\/molbev\/msw036.<\/li>\n
          • GARC\u00cdA-RODR\u00cdGUEZ O., ANDREOU D., HERMAN J.S., MITSAINAS G.P.<\/strong>, SEARLE J.B., BONHOMME F., HADJISTERKOTIS E., SCHUTKOWSKI H., STAFFORD R., STEWARD J.R., HARDOUIN E.A. 2018. Cyprus as an ancient hub for house mice and humans. Journal of Biogeography<\/em> 45: 2619-2630. DOI:10.1111\/jbi.13458.<\/li>\n
          • RENAUD S., HARDOUIN E.A., CHEVRET P., PAPAYIANNIS K., LYMBERAKIS P., MATUR F., GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ O., ANDREOU D., \u00c7ETINTA\u015e O., S\u00d6ZEN M., HADJISTERKOTIS E., MITSAINAS G.P.<\/strong> Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society<\/em> 130: 599-614.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
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