2022
The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct
Jensen E, Gaughran S, Fusco N, Poulakakis N, Tapia W, Sevilla C, Málaga J, Mariani C, Gibbs J, Caccone A. The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 546. PMID: 35681083, PMCID: PMC9184544, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03483-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGalapagos giant tortoisesGiant tortoisesMitochondrial DNA phylogenyDNA phylogenyMonophyletic groupCarapace morphologyPhylogeny GroupSame lineagePopulation sizeSpeciesTortoisesLineagesFemale tortoisesSingle specimenSingle individualPhylogenyCladeGenomeExtinctSaddlebackContinued existenceIslandsDiscovery
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 ResearchConceptsNorth American snakesPhylogenetic relationshipsAmerican snakesRibosomal gene sequencesLikelihood-based Bayesian methodsMitochondrial sequencesSnake cladesGene sequencesParallel evolutionHemipenial morphologySnake speciesPutative examplesSnakesNorth AmericaBayesian analysisSequenceCladeDipsadidsDipsadidaeCaenophidiaNatricidaeSpeciesRelictBayesian methods
2003
Xantusiid “night” lizards: a puzzling phylogenetic problem revisited using likelihood-based Bayesian methods on mtDNA sequences
Vicario S, Caccone A, Gauthier J. Xantusiid “night” lizards: a puzzling phylogenetic problem revisited using likelihood-based Bayesian methods on mtDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2003, 26: 243-261. PMID: 12565035, DOI: 10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00313-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDivergence time estimatesXantusia riversianaCytochrome b geneMaximum parsimony analysisCalifornia Channel IslandsLikelihood-based Bayesian methodsIsland endemicsMitochondrial genesLizard evolutionAncestral stateScleroglossan lizardsRibosomal genesMtDNA sequencesPhylogenetic problemsCrown cladeAdditional cladesPhylogenetic analysisNeighbor-JoiningParsimony analysisB geneBoundary bolide impactRock crevicesCladeMaximum likelihoodXantusia