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
2003
Phylogeography and molecular rates of subterranean aquatic Stenasellid Isopods with a peri‐Tyrrhenian distribution
Ketmaier V, Argano R, Caccone A. Phylogeography and molecular rates of subterranean aquatic Stenasellid Isopods with a peri‐Tyrrhenian distribution. Molecular Ecology 2003, 12: 547-555. PMID: 12535105, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01734.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMtDNA cytochrome oxidase IInteresting disjunct distributionCytochrome oxidase ICombination of vicarianceSardinia-Corsica microplateThird codon positionMultiple phylogenetic analysesPresent distribution patternAllozyme dataCOI fragmentOxidase ISubterranean isopodDispersal capacityDispersal eventsDisjunct distributionRelated taxaPhylogenetic analysisMolecular dataMolecular ratesCodon positionsPeri-Tyrrhenian areaDistant groupsMultiple populationsIsopodsCrustaceans
1997
Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus)
Caccone A, Milinkovitch M, Sbordoni V, Powell J. Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus). Systematic Biology 1997, 46: 126-144. PMID: 11975350, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/46.1.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytochrome b geneB geneDivergence timesMitochondrial DNA genesTime of divergenceMolecular clock hypothesisSardinia-Corsica microplateRate of evolutionMtDNA rateGene flowCladogenic eventsVicariant eventsMolecular divergenceTajima's testSequence divergenceRibosomal genesDNA genesPhylogenetic perspectiveVicariant distributionPhylogenetic studiesEuropean newtsRibosomal RNAClock hypothesisSequence dataRate heterogeneity
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