2004
Extreme difference in rate of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evolution in a large ectotherm, Galápagos tortoises
Caccone A, Gentile G, Burns CE, Sezzi E, Bergman W, Ruelle M, Saltonstall K, Powell JR. Extreme difference in rate of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evolution in a large ectotherm, Galápagos tortoises. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2004, 31: 794-798. PMID: 15062813, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGalápagos tortoisesUnusual reproductive biologyKb of mtDNANuclear DNA evolutionEffective population sizeGiant Galápagos tortoisesRate of evolutionMtDNA divergenceMtDNA evolutionBiogeographic historyDNA evolutionMolecular evolutionNeutral theoryReproductive biologyLarge ectothermsNuclear DNAEctothermic animalsPopulation sizeSilent substitutionsNucDNAMtDNAKbTortoisesDivergenceExtreme differences
1993
Rates of DNA evolution in Drosophila depend on function and developmental stage of expression.
Powell J, Caccone A, Gleason J, Nigro L. Rates of DNA evolution in Drosophila depend on function and developmental stage of expression. Genetics 1993, 133: 291-298. PMID: 8094697, PMCID: PMC1205319, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/133.2.291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplementary DNADNA-DNA hybridization experimentsTotal single-copy DNALineage-specific shiftsSingle-copy genomeDivergence of genesSpecies of DrosophilaDevelopmental stagesDNA sequence divergenceGreater evolutionary distanceSingle-copy DNADifferent developmental stagesDNA evolutionEvolutionary distanceCodon usageCDNA sequenceSequence dataHybridization experimentsDegree of relatednessDrosophilaEmbryonic stagesSilent substitutionsGenesSpeciesDNA
1990
Extreme rates and heterogeneity in insect DNA evolution
Caccone A, Powell J. Extreme rates and heterogeneity in insect DNA evolution. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1990, 30: 273-280. PMID: 2109089, DOI: 10.1007/bf02099997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-copy DNA divergenceDNA-DNA hybridization studiesSingle-copy DNAInsect genomesGenome evolutionDNA divergenceNuclear genomeDNA evolutionEvolutionary changeChromosomal similaritiesInterspecific hybridsMost vertebratesMorphological similarityGenomeIntronsHybridization studiesInsectsMammalsBirdsDNAExtreme variationVertebratesTaxaExonsSimilarity