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Valentina G. Kuznetsova
Web of Science ResearcherID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/R-1062-2016
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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8386-5453
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=-8QUFL4AAAAJ
Academic degree: Doctor of Biological Sciences
Academic title: Professor
Position: Principal Researcher
E-mail: Valentina.Kuznetsova@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 323-51-97, ext. 340
Educational background: Leningrad State University, 1965
Dissertations:
  • “Karyology of aphids and possible ways of its using for the study of their evolution, phylogeny and systematics.” (PhD)
  • “Holokinetic chromosomes of insects, their evolution and taxonomic significance.” (PhD habilitation)
Research interests: Cytogenetics, chromosome structure, chromosome mapping, karyosystematics, evolution, phylogeny, invertebrate animals, insects.
Field studies: Russian Far East, The Caucasus, Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Finland, Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria.
Professional membership:
Editorial activity:
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RFBR № 11-04-00734-а. Study of the regularities of karyotype evolution, systematics and phylogeny of insects with holokinetic chromosomes using methods of classic and molecular phylogenetics.
  • RFBR № 14-04-01051-а. The regularities of the genome evolution in insects with holokinetic chromosomes: analysis of cytogenetic and molecular markers.
  • RFBR № 17-04-00828-а. Study of the structure of holokinetic chromosomes and their rearrangements in evolution of insects.
Projects of the fundamental researches of Presidium of RAS “Live nature: modern state and problems of development”, Sub-program “Dynamics and conservation of Genofonds”:
  • №30. The regularities of evolution of genomes in model groups of eukaryotes based on cytogenetic and molecular data” (2013-2015).
  • The study of evolution of genomes and evolutionary history of the model groups of eukaryotes based on cytogenetic and molecular data” (2018-2020).
Selected Publications:
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Golub N.V., Maryańska-Nadachowska A. 2024. Number of seminal follicles and ovarioles in Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha): Variability and evolutionary trends. European Journal of Entomology, 121: 109-123. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2024.014
  • Gokhman V.E., Kuznetsova V.G. 2024. Structure and evolution of ribosomal genes of insect chromosomes. Insects, 15, 593. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15080593
  • Stoianova D., Grozeva S., Golub N.V., Anokhin B.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2024. The first FISH confirmed non-canonical telomeric motif in Heteroptera: Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 and C. hemipterus (Fabricius, 1803) (Hemiptera, Cimicidae) have a 10 bp motif (TTAGGGATGG)n. Genes, 15, 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15081026
  • Golub N.V., Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Anokhin B.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2023. Expanding the chromosomal evolution understanding of lygaeioid true bugs (Lygaeoidea, Pentatomomorpha, Heteroptera) by classical and molecular cytogenetic analysis. Genes, 14, 725. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14030725
  • Golub N.V., Anokhin B.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2023. Karyotype diversity in the genus Nysius Dallas, 1852 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeidae) is much greater than you might think. Comparative Cytogenetics, 17: 287–293. https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.17.116628
  • Aguín-Pombo D., Kuznetsova V.G. 2023. True parthenogenesis and female-biased sex ratios in Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Insects, 14, 820. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14100820
  • Aguín-Pombo D., Kuznetsova V.G. 2023. Parthenogenesis in Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha. Encyclopedia. Subjects: Environmental Sciences. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/50874
  • Nokkala C., Kuznetsova V.G., Shapoval N.A., Nokkala S. 2022. Phylogeography and Wolbachia infections reveal postglacial recolonization routes of the parthenogenetic plant louse Cacopsylla myrtilli (W. Wagner 1947), (Hemiptera, Psylloidea). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Article ID 5458633. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5458633
  • Gokhman V.E., Kuznetsova V.G. 2022. Chapter 27 FISH – in Insect Chromosomes. Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics. Ed. T. Liehr CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group. P. 319-338. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003223658-27
  • Gokhman V.E., Kuznetsova V.G., Sharakhov I.V. 2022. Editorial: Evolutionary cytogenetics of insects. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.994136
  • Golub N.V., Golub V.B., Anokhin B.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2022. Comparative cytogenetics of lace bugs (Tingidae, Heteroptera): New data and a brief overview. Insects, 13, 608. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070608
  • Nokkala S., Kuznetsova V., Pietarinen P., Nokkala C. 2022. Evolutionary potential of parthenogenesis—bisexual lineages within triploid apomictic thelytoky in Cacopsylla ledi (Flor, 1861) (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) in Fennoscandia. Insects, 13, 1140. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13121140
  • Grozeva S., Stoianova D., Konstantinov F., Simov N., Kuznetsova V.G. 2022. A synopsis of the numbers of testicular follicles and ovarioles in true bugs (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) – sixty-five years of progress after J. Pendergrast’s review. ZooKeys, 1136: 71–123. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1136.96431
  • Gapon D.A., Kuznetsova V.G., Maryańska-Nadachowska A. 2021. A new species of the genus Rhaphidosoma Amyot et Serville, 1843 (Heteroptera, Reduviidae), with data on its chromosome complement. Comparative Cytogenetics, 15(4): 467-505. https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i4.78718
  • Gavrilov-Zimin I.A., Grozeva S.M., Gapon D.A., Kurochkin A.S., Trencheva K.G., Kuznetsova V.G. 2021. Introduction to the study of chromosomal and reproductive patterns in Paraneoptera. Comparative Cytogenetics, 15(3): 217-238. https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i3.69718
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Gavrilov-Zimin I.A., Grozeva S.M., Golub N.V. 2021. Comparative analysis of chromosome numbers and sex chromosome systems in Paraneoptera (Insecta). Comparative Cytogenetics, 15(3): 279-327. https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i3.71866
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Anokhin B.A., Shapoval N.A., Shapoval A.P. 2021. Chromosomal analysis of eight species of dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) using conventional cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization: Insights into the karyotype evolution of the ancient insect order Odonata. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59: 387-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12429
  • Shapoval N.A., Nokkala S., Nokkala C., Kuftina G.N., Kuznetsova V.G. 2021. The incidence of Wolbachia bacterial endosymbiont in bisexual and parthenogenetic populations of the psyllid genus Cacopsylla (Hemiptera, Psylloidea). Insects, 12, 853. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12100853
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Grozeva S., Gokhman V.E. 2020. Telomere structure in insects: A review. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58: 127-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12332
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Golub N.V. 2020. A checklist of chromosome numbers and a review of karyotype variation in Odonata of the world. Comparative Cytogenetics, 14(4): 501-540.  https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v14.i4.57062
  • Nokkala C., Kuznetsova V.G., Rinne V., Nokkala S. 2019. Description of two new species of the genus Cacopsylla Ossiannilsson, 1970 (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) from northern Fennoscandia recognized by morphology, cytogenetic characters and COI barcode sequence. Comparative Cytogenetics, 13(4): 367–382. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i4.47395
  • Grozeva S., Anokhin B.A., Simov N., Kuznetsova V.G. 2019. New evidence for the presence of the telomere motif (TTAGG)n in the family Reduviidae and its absence in the families Nabidae and Miridae (Hemiptera, Cimicomorpha). Comparative Cytogenetics, 13(3): 283–295. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i3.36676
  • Golub N., Anokhin B., Kuznetsova V. 2019. Comparative FISH mapping of ribosomal DNA clusters and TTAGG telomeric sequences to holokinetic chromosomes of eight species of the insect order Psocoptera. Comparative Cytogenetics, 13(4): 403–410. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i4.48891
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Khabiev G.N., Karagyan G., Krivokhatsky V.A. 2019. Variation in the number of testicular follicles and ovarioles among 18 lacewing species of the families Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae, and Nemopteridae (Insecta, Neuroptera, Myrmeleontiformia). ZooKeys, 894: 33-51. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.894.47040
  • Gokhman V.E., Kuznetsova V.G. 2018. Parthenogenesis in Hexapoda: holometabolous insects. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56(1): 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12183
  • Gokhman V.E., Kuznetsova V.G. 2018. Presence of the canonical TTAGG insect telomeric repeat in the Tenthredinidae (Symphyta) suggests its ancestral nature in the order Hymenoptera. Genetica, 146(3): 341–344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-018-0019-x
  • Gokhman V.E., Kuznetsova V.G. 2018. Phylogenetic distribution of the canonical insect TTAGG telomeric repeat within the order Hymenoptera (Insecta). Comparative Cytogenetics, 12(3): 324-325. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v12i3.27748
  • Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Kuznetsova V.G., Golub N.V., Anokhin B.A. 2018. Detection of telomeric sequences and ribosomal RNA genes in holokinetic chromosomes of five jumping plant-lice species: First data on the superfamily Psylloidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). European Journal of Entomology, 115: 632-640. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2018.061
  • Golub N.V., Golub V.B., Kuznetsova V.G. 2018. New data on karyotypes of lace bugs (Tingidae, Cimicomorpha, Hemiptera) with analysis of the 18S rDNA clusters distribution. Comparative Cytogenetics, 12(4): 515-528. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v12i4.30431
  • Anokhin B.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2018. FISH-based karyotyping of Pelmatohydra oligactis (Pallas, 1766), Hydra oxycnida Schulze, 1914, and H. magnipapillata Ito, 1947 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydrida, Hydridae). Comparative Cytogenetics, 12(4): 539-548. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v12i4.32120
  • Stoianova D., Grozeva S., Simov N., Kuznetsova V. 2017. Karyotype, sex determination and male meiosis in three benthic water bugs (Hemiptera: Nepomorpha: Aphelocheiridae). Aquatic Insects. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2017.1346260
  • Angus R.B., Jeangirard C., Stoianova D., Grozeva S., Kuznetsova V.G. 2017. A chromosomal analysis of Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 and Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Heteroptera, Nepidae). Comparative Cytogenetics, 11(4): 641-657. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.14928
  • Golub N.V., Golub V.B., Kuznetsova V.G. 2017. Distribution of the major rDNA loci among four Hemipteran species of the family Tingidae (Heteroptera, Cimicomorpha). Folia Biologica (Kraków), 65(3): 155-158. https://doi.org/10.3409/fb65_3.155
  • Nokkala S., Kuznetsova V.G., Nokkala C. 2017. Characteristics of parthenogenesis in Cacopsylla ledi (Flor, 1861) (Hemiptera, Sternorryncha, Psylloidea): cytological and molecular approaches. Comparative Cytogenetics, 11(4): 807–817. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.21362
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Shapoval N.A., Anokhin B.A., Shapoval A.P. 2017. Cytogenetic characterization of eight Odonata species originating from the Curonian Spit (the Baltic Sea, Russia) using C-banding and FISH with 18S rDNA and telomeric (TTAGG)n probes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 153(3): 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1159/000486088
  • Vershinina A.O., Kuznetsova V.G. 2016. Parthenogenesis in Hexapoda: Entognatha and non-holometabolous insects. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 54(4): 257-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12141
  • Lachowska-Cierlik D., Maryanska-Nadachowska A., Kuznetsova V., Picker M. 2015. First chromosomal study of Mantophasmatodea: karyotype of ;Karoophasma biedouwense ;(Austrophasmatidae). European Journal of Entomology, 112(4): 599-605. ;https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2015.093
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Grozeva S.M., Hartung V., Anokhin B.A. 2015. First evidence for (TTAGG)n telomeric sequence and sex chromosome post-reduction in Coleorrhyncha (Insecta, Hemiptera). Comparative Cytogenetics, 9(4): 523–532. ;https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i4.5609
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Shapoval N.A., Anokhin B.A., Saifitdinova A.F., Kuznetsova V.G. 2015. Homoploid hybrid speciation and genome evolution via chromosome sorting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282: 20150157. ;https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0157
  • Kuznetsova V., Aguin-Pombo D. 2015. Comparative cytogenetics of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera: Homopetera): a Review. ZooKeys, 538: 63-93. ;https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.538.6724
  • Gokhman V.E., Anokhin B.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2014. Distribution of 18S rDNA sites and absence of the canonical TTAGG insect telomeric repeat in parasitoid Hymenoptera. Genetica (Ned.), 142(4): 317-322. ;https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-014-9776-3
  • Grozeva S., Kuznetsova V.G., Hartung V. 2014. First cytogenetic study of Coleorrhyncha: Meiotic complement of ;Xenophyes cascus ;(Hemiptera: Peloridiidae). European Journal of Entomology, 111(2): 303-306. ;https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2014.023
  • Gokhman V.E., Anokhin B.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2014. Distribution of 18S rDNA sites and absence of the canonical TTAGG insect telomeric repeat in parasitoid Hymenoptera. Genetica (Ned.), 142(4): 317-322. ;https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-014-9776-3
  • Nokkala C., Kuznetsova V.G., Nokkala S. 2013. Meiosis in rare males in parthenogenetic ;Cacopsylla myrtilli ;(Wagner, 1947) (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) populations from northern Europe. Comparative Cytogenetics, 7(3): 241-251. ;https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v7i3.6126
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Labina E.S., Shapoval N.A., Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Lukhtanov V.A. 2012. ;Cacopsylla fraudatrix ;sp.n., (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) recognised from testis structure and mitochondrial gene ;COI. Zootaxa, 3547: 55-63. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3547.1.5.
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Grozeva S., Nokkala S., Nokkala C. 2011. Cytogenetics of the true bug infraorder Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera, Heteroptera): a review. ZooKeys, 154: 31-70. ;https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.154.1953
  • Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Drosopoulos S., Lachowska D., Kajtoch Ł., Kuznetsova V.G. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the Mediterranean species of ;Philaenus ;(Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Systematic Entomology, 35(1): 318-328. ;https://doi.org/10.1673/031.012.5401
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Maryanska-Nadachowska A., Emeljanov A.F. 2009. A contribution to the karyosystematics of the planthopper families Dictyopharidae and Fulgoridae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). European Journal of Entomology, 106: 159-170. ;https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2009.019
  • Nokkala S., Maryanska-Nadachowska A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2008. First evidence of polyploidy in Psylloidea (Homoptera, Sternorrhyncha): a parthenogenetic population of ;Cacopsylla myrtilli ;(W. Wagner, 1947) from northeast Finland is apomictic and triploid. Genetica (Ned.), 133: 201-205. ;https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-007-9200-3
  • Aguin-Pombo D., Franquinho Aguiar A.M., Kuznetsova V.G. 2007. Bionomics and taxonomy of leafhopper ;Sophonia orientalis ;(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a Pacific pest species in the Macaronesian Archipelagos. Annals of Entomological Society of America, 100(1): 19-26.
  • Nokkala C., Kuznetsova V., Grozeva S., Nokkala S. 2007. Direction of karyotype evolution in the bug family Nabidae (Heteroptera): New evidence from 18S rDNA analysis. European Journal of Entomology, 104: 661-665. ;https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2007.083
  • Nokkala S., Kuznetsova V.G., Maryanska-Nadachowska A., Nokkala C. 2006. Holocentric chromosomes in meiosis. II. The modes of orientation and segregation of a trivalent. Chromosome Research, 14: 559-565. ;https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-006-1053-6
  • Aguin-Pombo D., Kuznetsova V., Freitas N. 2006. Multiple parthenoforms of ;Empoasca ;leafhoppers from Madeira Island: where are these unisexual forms coming from? Journal of Heredity, 97(2): 171-176. ;https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esj021
  • Kuznetsova V., Grozeva S., Nokkala S. 2004. New cytogenetic data on Nabidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), with a discussion of karyotype variation and meiotic patterns, and their taxonomic significance. European Journal of Entomology, 101: 205-210. ;https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2004.026
  • Nokkala S., Kuznetsova V., Maryanska-Nadachowska A. 2004. Holocentric chromosomes in meiosis. I. Restriction of the number of chiasmata in bivalents. Chromosome Research, 12: 733-739. ;https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CHRO.0000045797.74375.70
  • Nokkala S., Grozeva S., Kuznetsova V.G., Maryanska-Nadachowska A. 2003. The origin of the achiasmatic XY sex chromosome system in ;Cacopsylla peregrina ;(Frst.) (Psylloidea, Homoptera), Genetica (Ned), 119: 327-332. ;https://doi.org/10.1023/b:gene.0000003757.27521.4d
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Nokkala S., Shcherbakov D. 2002. Karyotype, reproductive organs, and pattern of gametogenesis in ;Zorotypus hubbardi ;Caudell (Insecta: Zoraptera, Zorotypidae), with discussion on relationships of the order. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80: 1047-1054. ;https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-074
  • Maryanska-Nadachowska A., Taylor G.S., Kuznetsova V.G. 2001. Meiotic karyotypes and structure of testes in males of 17 species of Psyllidae: Spondyliaspidinae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 40: 349-356.
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Maryanska-Nadachowska A. 2000. Autosomal polyploidy and male meiotic pattern in the bug family Nabidae (Heteroptera). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 38(2): 87-94. ;https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0469.2000.382131.x
  • Nokkala S., Kuznetsova V., Maryanska-Nadachowska A. 2000. Achiasmate segregation of a B chromosome from the X chromosome in two species of psyllids (Psylloidea, Homoptera). Genetica (Ned.), 108(2): 181-189. ;https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1004146118610

 

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