2018
Genome-Wide Assessment of Diversity and Divergence Among Extant Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species
Miller J, Quinzin M, Edwards D, Eaton D, Jensen E, Russello M, Gibbs J, Tapia W, Rueda D, Caccone A. Genome-Wide Assessment of Diversity and Divergence Among Extant Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species. Journal Of Heredity 2018, 109: 611-619. PMID: 29986032, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esy031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGiant tortoise speciesMitochondrial DNA sequencesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsTortoise speciesGenetic diversityMicrosatellite lociDNA sequencesGenotypic dataMicrosatellite genotypic dataNuclear microsatellite lociGenome-wide markersEstimates of diversityGenome-wide assessmentGalapagos giant tortoisesSpecies radiationEvolutionary geneticsSignificant unitsMitochondrial DNAPopulation structureSpecies conservationGenetic lineagesGiant tortoisesPopulation delineationTortoise populationsDNA sequencing
2014
Worldwide phylogeography of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data
Bayha K, Chang M, Mariani C, Richardson J, Edwards D, DeBoer T, Moseley C, Aksoy E, Decker M, Gaffney P, Harbison G, McDonald J, Caccone A. Worldwide phylogeography of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data. Biological Invasions 2014, 17: 827-850. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0770-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMicrosatellite data setsCtenophore Mnemiopsis leidyiM. leidyiGenetic differentiationCytb dataInvasion historyNative rangeAtlantic coastMicrosatellite dataMnemiopsis leidyiBaltic SeaInvasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyiNuclear microsatellite lociConsiderable gene flowConsiderable genetic differentiationUS Atlantic coastMitochondrial DNA dataCape HatterasSouthern invasionsGulf of MexicoFishery collapseNorthern invasionPelagic ecologyBiogeographic boundariesPhylogeographic patterns