2019
Identification of winter moth (Operophtera brumata) refugia in North Africa and the Italian Peninsula during the last glacial maximum
Andersen J, Havill N, Mannai Y, Ezzine O, Dhahri S, Jamâa M, Caccone A, Elkinton J. Identification of winter moth (Operophtera brumata) refugia in North Africa and the Italian Peninsula during the last glacial maximum. Ecology And Evolution 2019, 9: 13931-13941. PMID: 31938492, PMCID: PMC6953680, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWinter mothGenetic diversityLast Glacial MaximumQuaternary climatic oscillationsWinter moth populationsUse of refugiaSecondary contactGlacial refugiaNonnative speciesGenetic distinctnessIberian refugiumGenetic distanceBayesian clusteringLGM refugiaPolymorphic microsatellitesRefugiaApproximate Bayesian computation methodsItalian peninsulaMoth individualsOak forestsClimatic oscillationsGenetic relationshipsMoth populationsTemperate regionsGlacial Maximum
2009
Mitochondrial DNA variation in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Italy: Evidence of admixture in one of the last C. c. italicus pure populations from central‐southern Italy
Gentile G, Vernesi C, Vicario S, Pecchioli E, Caccone A, Bertorelle G, Sbordoni V. Mitochondrial DNA variation in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Italy: Evidence of admixture in one of the last C. c. italicus pure populations from central‐southern Italy. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 2009, 76: 16-27. DOI: 10.1080/11250000802018725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMitochondrial DNA control regionIncomplete lineage sortingDNA control regionMitochondrial DNA variationEvidence of admixturePure populationsGenetic structuringLineage sortingMtDNA haplotypesDNA variationCentral populationsMtDNA variationUnique haplotypesControl regionApennine populationsSequence dataOwn subspeciesRoe deerST valuesEuropean populationsHaplotypesItalian peninsulaManagement implicationsCentral-southern ItalySubspecies
2006
Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the land snail genus Solatopupa (Pulmonata) in the peri-Tyrrhenian area
Ketmaier V, Giusti F, Caccone A. Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the land snail genus Solatopupa (Pulmonata) in the peri-Tyrrhenian area. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2006, 39: 439-451. PMID: 16442313, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMolecular clock estimatesClock estimatesPeri-Tyrrhenian areaSardinia-Corsica microplateMain cladogenetic eventsNuclear genesVicariant processesCladogenetic eventsHistorical biogeographyMolecular phylogenyPhylogenetic resultsPhylogenetic relationshipsEvolutionary historyPhylogenetic hypothesisSister taxaInsular rangeGenetic relationshipsCalcareous substratesCorsica-Sardinia microplateMiddle–late PlioceneGenusSpeciesItalian peninsulaMiddle MioceneElba Island