2021
Four times out of Europe: Serial invasions of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, to North America
Andersen J, Havill N, Caccone A, Elkinton J. Four times out of Europe: Serial invasions of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, to North America. Molecular Ecology 2021, 30: 3439-3452. PMID: 34033202, DOI: 10.1111/mec.15983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWinter mothNortheastern United StatesNorth AmericaInvasive winter mothNon-native speciesPopulation genetic dataAmount of diversityInvasion successSerial invasionInvaded regionsWidespread defoliationGenetic bottleneckBayesian assignmentOperophtera brumataMicrosatellite lociApproximate Bayesian computation methodsIndependent introductionsNorthern FennoscandiaCentral EuropeGenetic dataHybridization eventsBritish ColumbiaGeographic originNova ScotiaAmerica
2020
Evolution of kdr haplotypes in worldwide populations of Aedes aegypti: Independent origins of the F1534C kdr mutation
Cosme LV, Gloria-Soria A, Caccone A, Powell JR, Martins AJ. Evolution of kdr haplotypes in worldwide populations of Aedes aegypti: Independent origins of the F1534C kdr mutation. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020, 14: e0008219. PMID: 32298261, PMCID: PMC7188295, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008219.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Puckett EE, Park J, Combs M, Blum MJ, Bryant JE, Caccone A, Costa F, Deinum EE, Esther A, Himsworth CG, Keightley PD, Ko A, Lundkvist Å, McElhinney LM, Morand S, Robins J, Russell J, Strand TM, Suarez O, Yon L, Munshi-South J. Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2016, 283: 20161762. PMID: 27798305, PMCID: PMC5095384, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolutionary clustersColonization of EuropeRat eradication programmeAgricultural settlementsWestward expansionEastward expansionSoutheast AsiaSouthward expansionAleutian ArchipelagoExpansion routesAstonishing degreeRecent migrantsGlobal population structureGlobal phylogeographyBlack ratsGlobal tradeCommensal rodentsEuropeAncient and modern colonization of North America by hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), an invasive insect from East Asia
Havill N, Shiyake S, Lamb Galloway A, Foottit R, Yu G, Paradis A, Elkinton J, Montgomery M, Sano M, Caccone A. Ancient and modern colonization of North America by hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), an invasive insect from East Asia. Molecular Ecology 2016, 25: 2065-2080. PMID: 26880353, DOI: 10.1111/mec.13589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWestern North AmericaEastern North AmericaNorth AmericaAdelges tsugaeHost specializationExtreme genetic bottleneckWorldwide genetic structurePleistocene glacial periodsSouthern JapanMitochondrial COI sequencesGlacial periodSpecies traitsAdelgid invasionApproximate Bayesian computationInvasive insectsHemlock speciesContinental scaleInvasion pathwaysTsuga speciesGenetic bottleneckGenetic structureHost treesEndemic lineagesInvasive pestHemlock trees
2004
Relict snakes of North America and their relationships within Caenophidia, using likelihood-based Bayesian methods on mitochondrial sequences
Pinou T, Vicario S, Marschner M, Caccone A. Relict snakes of North America and their relationships within Caenophidia, using likelihood-based Bayesian methods on mitochondrial sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2004, 32: 563-574. PMID: 15223038, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBayes TheoremColubridaeDNA, MitochondrialLikelihood FunctionsNorth AmericaPhylogenyPolymorphism, GeneticConceptsNorth American snakesPhylogenetic relationshipsAmerican snakesRibosomal gene sequencesLikelihood-based Bayesian methodsMitochondrial sequencesSnake cladesGene sequencesParallel evolutionHemipenial morphologySnake speciesPutative examplesSnakesNorth AmericaBayesian analysisSequenceCladeDipsadidsDipsadidaeCaenophidiaNatricidaeSpeciesRelictBayesian methods