2011
Influence of Host Phylogeographic Patterns and Incomplete Lineage Sorting on Within-Species Genetic Variability in Wigglesworthia Species, Obligate Symbionts of Tsetse Flies
Symula RE, Marpuri I, Bjornson RD, Okedi L, Beadell J, Alam U, Aksoy S, Caccone A. Influence of Host Phylogeographic Patterns and Incomplete Lineage Sorting on Within-Species Genetic Variability in Wigglesworthia Species, Obligate Symbionts of Tsetse Flies. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2011, 77: 8400-8408. PMID: 21948847, PMCID: PMC3233068, DOI: 10.1128/aem.05688-11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObligate symbiontsHost speciesGenetic variationMultiple host populationsIncongruence length difference testIncomplete lineage sortingHost-symbiont combinationsSingle host speciesPopulation-level processesIncomplete lineageLineage sortingPhylogeographic patternsSouthern lineagesSymbiont lineagesHost mtDNAWigglesworthia glossinidiaMolecular varianceBacterial symbiontsEvolutionary associationEvolutionary historySouthern populationsMitochondrial DNA haplogroupsVariable lociSymbiontsGenetic variability
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
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