2020
Colonization history of Galapagos giant tortoises: Insights from mitogenomes support the progression rule
Poulakakis N, Miller J, Jensen E, Beheregaray L, Russello M, Glaberman S, Boore J, Caccone A. Colonization history of Galapagos giant tortoises: Insights from mitogenomes support the progression rule. Journal Of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 2020, 58: 1262-1275. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGalapagos giant tortoisesGiant tortoisesPhylogeographic scenarioMitochondrial genomeProgression rulePhylogenetic relationshipsGalapagos IslandsExtinct speciesOlder islandsHuman-mediated dispersal eventsComplete mitochondrial genomeSouth American ancestorAncestral area reconstructionNon-native speciesMaximum likelihood analysisContribution of colonizationColonization historyDispersal eventsMultiple colonizationsAmerican ancestorsPhylogenetic treeAncestral formArea reconstructionSitu speciationBiogeographic approach
2011
Unravelling the peculiarities of island life: vicariance, dispersal and the diversification of the extinct and extant giant Galápagos tortoises
POULAKAKIS N, RUSSELLO M, GEIST D, CACCONE A. Unravelling the peculiarities of island life: vicariance, dispersal and the diversification of the extinct and extant giant Galápagos tortoises. Molecular Ecology 2011, 21: 160-173. PMID: 22098061, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05370.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGiant Galápagos tortoisesHuman-mediated dispersal eventsVicariant eventsGalápagos tortoisesMainland South AmericaHuman activitiesIndependent evolutionary unitsAvailable geological dataSimple linear trendRecent human activitiesIsland lifeEvolutionary unitsEndangered taxaColonization eventsExtant speciesDispersal eventsEvolutionary historyGeological dataMultiple colonizationsExtinct speciesOcean islandsDNA dataOlder islandsYounger islandsOceanic islands
2006
Phylogeographic History and Gene Flow Among Giant Galápagos Tortoises on Southern Isabela Island
Ciofi C, Wilson GA, Beheregaray LB, Marquez C, Gibbs JP, Tapia W, Snell HL, Caccone A, Powell JR. Phylogeographic History and Gene Flow Among Giant Galápagos Tortoises on Southern Isabela Island. Genetics 2006, 172: 1727-1744. PMID: 16387883, PMCID: PMC1456292, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.047860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDispersal eventsMitochondrial DNA control region sequencesGalápagos giant tortoisesLimited dispersal abilityRecent dispersal eventsControl region sequencesGiant Galápagos tortoisesMultilocus genotyping methodsLand bridge formationMovement of organismsEffects of vicarianceRapid population declineIslands of IsabelaLineage sortingClade analysisPhylogeographic historyGene flowDispersal abilityGenetic divergenceGalápagos tortoisesMicrosatellite lociPhylogeographic inferenceSouthern Isabela IslandTaxonomic distinctionGiant tortoises
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