2022
The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct
Jensen E, Gaughran S, Fusco N, Poulakakis N, Tapia W, Sevilla C, Málaga J, Mariani C, Gibbs J, Caccone A. The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 546. PMID: 35681083, PMCID: PMC9184544, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03483-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGalapagos giant tortoisesGiant tortoisesMitochondrial DNA phylogenyDNA phylogenyMonophyletic groupCarapace morphologyPhylogeny GroupSame lineagePopulation sizeSpeciesTortoisesLineagesFemale tortoisesSingle specimenSingle individualPhylogenyCladeGenomeExtinctSaddlebackContinued existenceIslandsDiscovery
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