Publications
Google Scholar (accessed on January 22, 2025)
Citations: 69; h-index: 4
Web of Science (accessed on January 22, 2025)
Citations: 53; h-index: 4
Submitted
Backes, A.*, Gonçalves, L. T.*, Pezzi, P. H., & Freitas, L. B. submitted. Phylogenomics reveals taxonomic challenges in Calibrachoa (Solanaceae) and sheds light on the evolutionary origins of Million Bells cultivars. *These authors contributed equally to this work
Pezzi, P. H.*, Schnitzler, C. K.*, Giudicelli, G. C., Turchetto, C., Bombarely, A., Bonatto, S., & Freitas, L. B. submitted. Can genetic diversity, population structure, and evolutionary history contribute to revealing hidden speciation? *These authors contributed equally to this work
Pezzi, P. H., Gonçalves, L. T., Backes, A., Giudicelli, G. C., Turchetto, C., Bombarely, A., & Freitas, L. B. submitted. Population genomics reveals the evolutionary origin of atypical Petunia in a biodiversity hotspot from South American grasslands.
2025
12. Soares, B. E., Moura, A. L., Araújo, V. N. D., Azevedo, N. H., Cardoso, A. C. A., Cardoso, M. R., … & Vidor, C. B., including Pezzi, P. H. (2025). The “Conhecimento Brasil” Program neglects the structural problems of Brazilian science and fails to offer a solution to the brain drain. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 97, e20240496. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202520240496
11. Gonçalves, L. T., Pezzi, P. H., Montagner, F. R. G., Souza, W. V., Françoso, E., & Deprá, M. (2025). The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the bellicose bumblebee (Bombus bellicosus, Hymenoptera: Apidae), a threatened pollinator in a changing South American landscape. Genome, just-in. doi: 10.1139/gen-2024-0166
2024
10. Giudicelli, G. C.*, Pezzi, P. H.*, Guzmán-Rodriguez, S., Turchetto, C., Bombarely, A., & Freitas, L. B. (2024). Historical and Ongoing Hybridisation in Southern South American Grassland Species. Scientific Reports, 14, 27989. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79584-9 *These authors contributed equally to this work
9. Pezzi, P. H., Wheeler, L. C., Freitas, L. B., & Smith, S. D. (2024). Incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization underlie tree discordance in Petunia and related genera (Petunieae, Solanaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108136. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108136 preprint
8. Souza, A. C.*, Soares, L. S.*, Backes, A., Simon, L., Pezzi, P. H., Turchetto, C., & Freitas, L. B. (2024). Unraveling the genetic diversity and taxonomic ambiguities of endemic Petunia species from subtropical highland grasslands. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, boae016. doi: 10.1093/botlinnean/boae016 *These authors contributed equally to this work
2023
7. Pezzi, P. H.*, Gonçalves, L. T.*, Deprá, M., & Freitas, L. B. (2023). Evolution and diversification of the O-methyltransferase (OMT) gene family in Solanaceae. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 46, e20230121. doi: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2023-0121 *These authors contributed equally to this work
6. Backes, A., Pezzi, P. H., Gonçalves, L. T., Greppi, J. A., & Freitas, L. B. (2023). Integrating morphology, niche modelling, and molecular data to disentangle taxonomic challenges in a species complex of Calibrachoa (Solanaceae). Plant Ecology & Diversity, 16, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/17550874.2023.2274842
2022
5. Wheeler, L. C.*, Walker, J. F.*, Ng, J., Deanna, R., Dunbar-Wallis, A., Backes, A., Pezzi, P. H., Palchetti, M. V., Robertson, H. M., Monaghan, A., Freitas, L. B., Barboza, G. E., Moyroud, E.*, & Smith, S. D.* (2022). Transcription factors evolve faster than their structural gene targets in the flavonoid pigment pathway. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39, msac044. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac044 *These authors contributed equally to this work
4. Gonçalves, L. T., Pezzi, P. H., & Bianchi, F. M. (2022). Four new stink bug mitogenomes corroborate the internal inconsistencies in the classification of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera). Zootaxa, 5120, 128-142. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.1.8
3. Pezzi, P. H., Guzmán-Rodriguez, S., Giudicelli, G. C., Turchetto, C., Bombarely, A., & Freitas, L. B. (2022). A convoluted tale of hybridization between two Petunia species from a transitional zone in South America. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 56, 125688. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2022.125688
2021
2. Zimmermann, B. L., Cardoso, G. M., Bouchon, D., Pezzi, P. H., Palaoro, A. V., & Araujo, P. B. (2021). Supergroup F Wolbachia in terrestrial isopods: Horizontal transmission from termites?. Evolutionary Ecology, 35, 165-182. doi: 10.1007/s10682-021-10101-4
2019
1. Pezzi, P. H., Araujo, P. B., & Wood, C. T. (2019). Coprophagy in detritivores: methodological design for feeding studies in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Nauplius, 27, 1-8. doi: 10.1590/2358-2936e2019010