2013
Genetically Distinct Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Populations in the Lake Kyoga Region of Uganda and Its Relevance for Human African Trypanosomiasis
Echodu R, Sistrom M, Hyseni C, Enyaru J, Okedi L, Aksoy S, Caccone A. Genetically Distinct Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Populations in the Lake Kyoga Region of Uganda and Its Relevance for Human African Trypanosomiasis. BioMed Research International 2013, 2013: 614721. PMID: 24199195, PMCID: PMC3807537, DOI: 10.1155/2013/614721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-biased dispersalMicrosatellite DNA dataLack of admixtureAgents of humanVicariant barrierGenetic differentiationSouthern populationsDNA dataTrypanosoma bruceiCompetitive exclusionMain vector speciesSole vectorsContact zonePopulation clustersVector speciesEnvironmental conditionsTsetse fliesDistinct groupsAnimal trypanosomiasisHuman African trypanosomiasisGlossinaAfrican trypanosomiasisIntrogressionSympatryDispersal
2011
Unravelling the peculiarities of island life: vicariance, dispersal and the diversification of the extinct and extant giant Galápagos tortoises
POULAKAKIS N, RUSSELLO M, GEIST D, CACCONE A. Unravelling the peculiarities of island life: vicariance, dispersal and the diversification of the extinct and extant giant Galápagos tortoises. Molecular Ecology 2011, 21: 160-173. PMID: 22098061, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05370.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGiant Galápagos tortoisesHuman-mediated dispersal eventsVicariant eventsGalápagos tortoisesMainland South AmericaHuman activitiesIndependent evolutionary unitsAvailable geological dataSimple linear trendRecent human activitiesIsland lifeEvolutionary unitsEndangered taxaColonization eventsExtant speciesDispersal eventsEvolutionary historyGeological dataMultiple colonizationsExtinct speciesOcean islandsDNA dataOlder islandsYounger islandsOceanic islands
2008
Species-specific evolution of class I MHC genes in iguanas (Order: Squamata; Subfamily: Iguaninae)
Glaberman S, Caccone A. Species-specific evolution of class I MHC genes in iguanas (Order: Squamata; Subfamily: Iguaninae). Immunogenetics 2008, 60: 371-382. PMID: 18488213, DOI: 10.1007/s00251-008-0298-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarine iguanasSpecies-specific evolutionGalápagos land iguanasGalápagos marine iguanasDifferent phylogenetic historiesNon-avian reptilesSpecies-specific mannerClass I MHC genesMajor histocompatibility complexConservation geneticsPhylogenetic historySquamate speciesVertebrate taxaDiversified orderGenetic diversityNatural selectionMHC researchDNA dataGenetic basisLand iguanasMultiple lociMHC genesMHC studiesHost resistanceIguanas
1996
Inversion Monophyly in African Anopheline Malaria Vectors
García B, Caccone A, Mathiopoulos K, Powell J. Inversion Monophyly in African Anopheline Malaria Vectors. Genetics 1996, 143: 1313-1320. PMID: 8807303, PMCID: PMC1207400, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/143.3.1313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsA. gambiaeA. arabiensisX chromosome inversionAnopheles gambiae complexSpecies-specific regionsDNA phylogenyPolytene chromosomesPhylogenetic relationshipsSister taxaPhylogenetic inferenceA. merusDNA dataIntrogressionX inversionGambiae complexParacentric inversionGambiaeMalaria vectorsSpeciesSelective eliminationXAGArabiensisAnopheline malaria vectorsDrosophilaMonophyly
1987
MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN CAVE CRICKETS. II. DNA‐DNA HYBRIDIZATION
Caccone A, Powell J. MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN CAVE CRICKETS. II. DNA‐DNA HYBRIDIZATION. Evolution 1987, 41: 1215-1238. PMID: 28563602, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1987.tb02462.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA-DNA hybridizationDNA divergenceCave cricketsSingle-copy DNA divergenceTotal single-copy DNAMolecular evolutionary divergenceLast common ancestorSingle-copy DNAProtein-coding regionsAllozyme variationEvolutionary divergenceCommon ancestorMolecular clockNei's DDNA dataClock hypothesisSea urchinsSame speciesPhylogenyFurther divergenceEuropean relativesDivergenceSpeciesSame populationHybridization