2015
Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island
Poulakakis N, Edwards D, Chiari Y, Garrick R, Russello M, Benavides E, Watkins-Colwell G, Glaberman S, Tapia W, Gibbs J, Cayot L, Caccone A. Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0138779. PMID: 26488886, PMCID: PMC4619298, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple independent evolutionary lineagesGiant tortoise speciesIndependent evolutionary lineagesCompelling genetic evidenceGalapagos tortoisesRank of speciesSanta Cruz IslandGenetic distinctivenessAnalysis of DNAEvolutionary lineagesEvolutionary relationshipsNatural populationsDNA charactersDistinct lineagesIsland of originTaxonomic revisionMorphological charactersMuseum specimensNew speciesGenetic evidenceTortoise speciesLineagesSpeciesTortoisesType specimen
1997
Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus)
Caccone A, Milinkovitch M, Sbordoni V, Powell J. Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus). Systematic Biology 1997, 46: 126-144. PMID: 11975350, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/46.1.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytochrome b geneB geneDivergence timesMitochondrial DNA genesTime of divergenceMolecular clock hypothesisSardinia-Corsica microplateRate of evolutionMtDNA rateGene flowCladogenic eventsVicariant eventsMolecular divergenceTajima's testSequence divergenceRibosomal genesDNA genesPhylogenetic perspectiveVicariant distributionPhylogenetic studiesEuropean newtsRibosomal RNAClock hypothesisSequence dataRate heterogeneity
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnophelesBase SequenceChromosome InversionDNAEvolution, MolecularGenetic VariationInsect VectorsMalariaMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenySequence Homology, Nucleic AcidConceptsA. gambiaeA. arabiensisX chromosome inversionAnopheles gambiae complexSpecies-specific regionsDNA phylogenyPolytene chromosomesPhylogenetic relationshipsSister taxaPhylogenetic inferenceA. merusDNA dataIntrogressionX inversionGambiae complexParacentric inversionGambiaeMalaria vectorsSpeciesSelective eliminationXAGArabiensisAnopheline malaria vectorsDrosophilaMonophyly