2023
Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes
Soghigian J, Sither C, Justi S, Morinaga G, Cassel B, Vitek C, Livdahl T, Xia S, Gloria-Soria A, Powell J, Zavortink T, Hardy C, Burkett-Cadena N, Reeves L, Wilkerson R, Dunn R, Yeates D, Sallum M, Byrd B, Trautwein M, Linton Y, Reiskind M, Wiegmann B. Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 6252. PMID: 37803007, PMCID: PMC10558525, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41764-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVector speciesDisease vector speciesHost-use patternsImportant vector speciesMosquito lineageTaxonomic samplingHost usePhylogenomic analysisOrtholog groupsMajor lineagesHost associationsVertebrate classesGenomic dataMosquito speciesDiverse arrayPhylogenySpeciesLineagesMosquitoesDiversificationPhylogenomicsNumerous timesDrift eventsHuman healthEarly Triassic
1998
A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI GROUP: CONFLICTS BETWEEN SPECIES CONCEPTS?
Gleason J, Griffith E, Powell J. A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI GROUP: CONFLICTS BETWEEN SPECIES CONCEPTS? Evolution 1998, 52: 1093-1103. PMID: 28565231, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01836.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDrosophila willistoni groupCytochrome oxidase IStrong phylogenetic signalSpecies conceptPhylogenetic signalWillistoni groupMitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase IGene cytochrome oxidase IBiological species conceptPhylogenetic species conceptLow bootstrap valuesNuclear genesReproductive isolationD. equinoxialisMolecular phylogenyCOI datasetOxidase ID. paulistorumEvolutionary biologyPhylogenetic analysisSeparate speciesBootstrap valuesPhylogenyProblematic taxaGene results
1995
Drosophila Molecular Phylogenies and Their Uses
Powell J, DeSalle R. Drosophila Molecular Phylogenies and Their Uses. Evolutionary Biology 1995, 87-138. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1847-1_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMillions of speciesEvolutionary geneticsMolecular phylogenyDrosophila embryosResearch organismsGenome mappingExperimental organismsDrosophilaGenetic principlesMolecular biologySingle organismOrganismsBiological thinkingGeneticsBiologyDevelopmental studiesExtant todayCentral rolePhylogenyMajor roleBiologistsEmbryosSpeciesPlantsMajor advances
1992
Complementary DNA-DNA hybridization in Drosophila
Caccone A, Gleason J, Powell J. Complementary DNA-DNA hybridization in Drosophila. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1992, 34: 130-140. PMID: 1372940, DOI: 10.1007/bf00182390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-DNA hybridization experimentsSpecies of DrosophilaMost major lineagesDNA-DNA hybridizationSubgenus DrosophilaMelanogaster subgroupSubgenus SophophoraHawaiian DrosophilaObscura groupMonophyletic lineageExtant islandsWillistoni groupMajor lineagesAdult mRNADrosophilaPhylogenetic conclusionsHybridization experimentsLineagesComplementary DNAAmino acidsSophophoraMost groupsPhylogenyGenomeSubgenera
1987
MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN CAVE CRICKETS. II. DNA‐DNA HYBRIDIZATION
Caccone A, Powell J. MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN CAVE CRICKETS. II. DNA‐DNA HYBRIDIZATION. Evolution 1987, 41: 1215-1238. PMID: 28563602, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1987.tb02462.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA-DNA hybridizationDNA divergenceCave cricketsSingle-copy DNA divergenceTotal single-copy DNAMolecular evolutionary divergenceLast common ancestorSingle-copy DNAProtein-coding regionsAllozyme variationEvolutionary divergenceCommon ancestorMolecular clockNei's DDNA dataClock hypothesisSea urchinsSame speciesPhylogenyFurther divergenceEuropean relativesDivergenceSpeciesSame populationHybridization