1999
A Molecular Phylogeny of Four Endangered Madagascar Tortoises Based on MtDNA Sequences
Caccone A, Amato G, Gratry O, Behler J, Powell J. A Molecular Phylogeny of Four Endangered Madagascar Tortoises Based on MtDNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 1999, 12: 1-9. PMID: 10222157, DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyt b geneNorth American tortoisesP. planicaudaVerge of extinctionMorphological divergenceMolecular phylogenySingle colonizationMost lineagesMonophyletic originPhylogenetic relationshipsPyxis arachnoidesSister statusMtDNA sequencesSister taxaGenus GeocheloneMitochondrial DNADNA sequencesTortoise speciesB geneEndemic tortoisesGopherus polyphemusLatter genusGeocheloneSpeciesPhylogeny
1992
Evolutionary divergence in Dolichopoda cave crickets: A comparison of single copy DNA hybridization data with allozymes and morphometric distances
Allegrucci G, Caccone A, Cesaroni D, Sbordoni V. Evolutionary divergence in Dolichopoda cave crickets: A comparison of single copy DNA hybridization data with allozymes and morphometric distances. Journal Of Evolutionary Biology 1992, 5: 121-148. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1992.5010121.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDolichopoda cave cricketsNuclear genesGenetic divergenceCave cricketsOverall genetic divergenceDNA hybridization dataDNA-DNA hybridizationDolichopoda speciesMorphological divergenceEvolutionary divergenceAllozyme frequenciesMolecular clockEvolutionary factorsMolecular dataMorphological charactersHybridization dataMorphological differentiationMorphometric distancesAllozymesDivergenceMolecular changesAppendage morphologyGenesDNA hybridizationEstimates of time