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 evolution
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
EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF DNA DIVERGENCE IN THE DROSOPHILA OBSCURA GROUP
Goddard K, Caccone A, Powell J. EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF DNA DIVERGENCE IN THE DROSOPHILA OBSCURA GROUP. Evolution 1990, 44: 1656-1670. PMID: 28564311, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1990.tb03854.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDrosophila obscura groupObscura groupOld World speciesWorld speciesDNA divergenceSingle-copy DNA divergencePartial reproductive isolationGroups of DrosophilaDNA-DNA hybridizationNew World speciesObscura subgroupMelanogaster subgroupAffinis subgroupNuclear genomeReproductive isolationChromosomal divergenceEvolutionary implicationsMonophyletic groupClassical systematicsRelated taxaMitochondrial DNASpeciesHybrid formationOld WorldGenome
1988
Rates and patterns of scnDNA and mtDNA divergence within the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup.
Caccone A, Amato G, Powell J. Rates and patterns of scnDNA and mtDNA divergence within the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup. Genetics 1988, 118: 671-683. PMID: 2896615, PMCID: PMC1203322, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/118.4.671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrosophila melanogaster subgroupDNA-DNA hybridizationMelanogaster subgroupSingle-copy nuclear DNARestriction site variationHomosequential speciesMtDNA divergenceChromosomal evolutionDNA divergenceDrosophila genomeIsland speciesD. takahashiiMonophyletic groupChromosomal dataTypes of DNAEvolutionary changeMitochondrial DNANuclear DNANucleotide substitutionsSite variationSpeciesDNADivergenceDistinct classesHybridization