2018
Uncovering Genomic Regions Associated with Trypanosoma Infections in Wild Populations of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes
Gloria-Soria A, Dunn WA, Yu X, Vigneron A, Lee KY, Li M, Weiss BL, Zhao H, Aksoy S, Caccone A. Uncovering Genomic Regions Associated with Trypanosoma Infections in Wild Populations of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2018, 8: 887-897. PMID: 29343494, PMCID: PMC5844309, DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic resourcesRelated speciesCandidate genesNonmodel organismsTranscript librariesFunctional genomicsTranscriptome assemblyFunctional annotationWild populationsPhysiological traitsGenomic regionsDNA regulationMost speciesRNAseq experimentsGenetic basisLaboratory coloniesGenesFunctional studiesPolymorphic sitesSpeciesTrypanosome infection statusGenomeNew assemblyTrypanosoma infectionFlies
1996
A molecular phylogeny for the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup and the problem of polymorphism data.
Caccone A, Moriyama E, Gleason J, Nigro L, Powell J. A molecular phylogeny for the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup and the problem of polymorphism data. Molecular Biology And Evolution 1996, 13: 1224-1232. PMID: 8896375, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-DNA hybridization dataDNA sequence dataSequence dataD. sechelliaMelanogaster subgroupD. mauritianaHybridization dataNuclear DNA sequence dataPrevious DNA-DNA hybridization dataNew DNA sequence dataSerendipity alpha geneDrosophila melanogaster subgroupITS of rDNAD. simulansIsland speciesMolecular phylogenyDrosophila melanogasterPhylogenetic relationshipsSister statusIntraspecific polymorphismPhylogenetic standpointRelated speciesPhylogenetic inferenceMost speciesParallel evolution
1989
DNA DIVERGENCE AMONG HOMINOIDS
Caccone A, Powell J. DNA DIVERGENCE AMONG HOMINOIDS. Evolution 1989, 43: 925-942. PMID: 28564151, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb02540.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecies of chimpanzeeDNA divergenceSingle-copy DNA divergenceGood molecular clockDivergence of humansClosest extant relativesProtein-coding regionsDNA-DNA hybridizationPatterns of relatednessSpecies of gibbonsSumatra populationsMolecular evolutionMolecular clockExtant relativesIntraspecific variationMost speciesOld World monkeysExtant membersDifferent taxaPhylogenetic conclusionsBase compositionMolecular evidenceBase pair mismatchesSpeciesWorld monkeys