2005
A cryptic taxon of Galpagos tortoise in conservation peril
Russello M, Glaberman S, Gibbs J, Marquez C, Powell J, Caccone A. A cryptic taxon of Galpagos tortoise in conservation peril. Biology Letters 2005, 1: 287-290. PMID: 17148189, PMCID: PMC1617146, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiological diversityFormal taxonomic designationGenetic divergenceGalápagos tortoisesAccurate taxonomyDistinct lineagesTaxonomic investigationGenetic divisionTaxonomic designationsSingle taxonGiant tortoisesBad taxonomyEvolutionary heritageNew taxonTaxaAccessible islandsTortoisesHuman intellectual historyDiversityConservationSanta CruzTaxonomyLineagesGalápagosOrganisms
1996
A molecular phylogeny for the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup and the problem of polymorphism data.
Caccone A, Moriyama E, Gleason J, Nigro L, Powell J. A molecular phylogeny for the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup and the problem of polymorphism data. Molecular Biology And Evolution 1996, 13: 1224-1232. PMID: 8896375, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-DNA hybridization dataDNA sequence dataSequence dataD. sechelliaMelanogaster subgroupD. mauritianaHybridization dataNuclear DNA sequence dataPrevious DNA-DNA hybridization dataNew DNA sequence dataSerendipity alpha geneDrosophila melanogaster subgroupITS of rDNAD. simulansIsland speciesMolecular phylogenyDrosophila melanogasterPhylogenetic relationshipsSister statusIntraspecific polymorphismPhylogenetic standpointRelated speciesPhylogenetic inferenceMost speciesParallel evolutionIntraspecific nuclear DNA variation in Drosophila.
Moriyama E, Powell J. Intraspecific nuclear DNA variation in Drosophila. Molecular Biology And Evolution 1996, 13: 261-277. PMID: 8583899, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsD. melanogasterDNA polymorphismsD. simulansD. pseudoobscuraNeutral theorySpecies of DrosophilaNuclear DNA variationMcDonald-Kreitman testNon-coding DNALevel of polymorphismFourfold degenerate sitesCodon usage biasLevel of variationReplacement polymorphismsNucleotide heterozygosityNoncoding DNAHKA testTajima's testReplacement substitutionsDNA variationSilent sitesGenetic codeAutosomal genesPopulation historyUsage bias
1994
Higher Level Relationships of the Arctoid Carnivora Based on Sequence Data and "Total Evidence"
Vrana P, Milinkovitch M, Powell J, Wheeler W. Higher Level Relationships of the Arctoid Carnivora Based on Sequence Data and "Total Evidence". Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 1994, 3: 47-58. PMID: 8025729, DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1994.1006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
1990
The TEACL method of DNA-DNA hybridization: Technical considerations
Powell J, Caccone A. The TEACL method of DNA-DNA hybridization: Technical considerations. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1990, 30: 267-272. PMID: 2109088, DOI: 10.1007/bf02099996.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1988
Calibration of the change in thermal stability of DNA duplexes and degree of base pair mismatch
Caccone A, DeSalle R, Powell J. Calibration of the change in thermal stability of DNA duplexes and degree of base pair mismatch. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1988, 27: 212-216. PMID: 3138423, DOI: 10.1007/bf02100076.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1986
Rates of nucleotide substitution in Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA are similar.
Powell J, Caccone A, Amato G, Yoon C. Rates of nucleotide substitution in Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA are similar. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1986, 83: 9090-9093. PMID: 3097641, PMCID: PMC387080, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.23.9090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear DNANucleotide substitutionsSingle-copy nuclear DNADrosophila mitochondrial DNADNA sequence dataMajority of DNADrosophila yakubaDrosophila melanogasterMitochondrial DNASequence dataBase pair mismatchesDNA hybridsDNAMitochondriaDNA hybridizationYakubaEukaryotesDrosophilaMelanogasterMtDNAsInvertebratesVertebratesChloroplastsMtDNAOrganelles