2006
A Bayesian approach on molecules and behavior: reconsidering phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns of the Salamandridae with emphasis on Triturus newts
Steinfartz S, Vicario S, Arntzen J, Caccone A. A Bayesian approach on molecules and behavior: reconsidering phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns of the Salamandridae with emphasis on Triturus newts. Journal Of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular And Developmental Evolution 2006, 308B: 139-162. PMID: 16969762, DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCourtship traitsSpecies of TriturusDNA sequence dataLast common ancestorTrue salamandersSalamandrid speciesMitochondrial genesMolecular phylogenyTriturus newtsGenus TriturusSpecies assemblagesPhylogenetic positionCommon ancestorEuropean newtsFamily SalamandridaeEvolutionary patternsT. vittatusMorphological charactersSequence dataLife historySalamandridaeT. alpestrisTemporal divergenceNewtsTriturus
1994
Molecular biogeography: using the Corsica-Sardinia microplate disjunction to calibrate mitochondrial rDNA evolutionary rates in mountain newts (Euproctus)
Caccone A, Milinkovitch M, Sbordoni V, Powell J. Molecular biogeography: using the Corsica-Sardinia microplate disjunction to calibrate mitochondrial rDNA evolutionary rates in mountain newts (Euproctus). Journal Of Evolutionary Biology 1994, 7: 227-245. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1994.7020227.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary ratesSequence dataMitochondrial DNA sequence variationRelative rate testMolecular clock hypothesisDNA sequence variationRibosomal rRNA geneClock-like behaviorSardinia-Corsica microplateAllozyme studiesCladogenetic eventsGenus TriturusE. montanusE. platycephalusVicariant distributionPhylogenetic treePhylogenetic methodsClock hypothesisP. waltlRRNA geneBootstrap valuesIdentical topologiesSequence variationMountain newtPyrenean region