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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
1997
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PHYLOGENIES FOR THE DROSOPHILA OBSCURA GROUP
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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 ResearchConceptsA. gambiaeA. arabiensisX chromosome inversionAnopheles gambiae complexSpecies-specific regionsDNA phylogenyPolytene chromosomesPhylogenetic relationshipsSister taxaPhylogenetic inferenceA. merusDNA dataIntrogressionX inversionGambiae complexParacentric inversionGambiaeMalaria vectorsSpeciesSelective eliminationXAGArabiensisAnopheline malaria vectorsDrosophilaMonophyly