2007
Independent evolutionary origins of landlocked alewife populations and rapid parallel evolution of phenotypic traits
PALKOVACS E, DION K, POST D, CACCONE A. Independent evolutionary origins of landlocked alewife populations and rapid parallel evolution of phenotypic traits. Molecular Ecology 2007, 17: 582-597. PMID: 18179439, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03593.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLandlocked populationsAnadromous populationsAlewife populationSmaller adult body sizeRapid parallel evolutionLife history divergenceFreshwater ancestorsIndependent evolutionary originsDivergence time estimatesLife-history variantsGill raker spacingMicrosatellite mutation ratesMtDNA control regionAdult body sizeRate of evolutionSmall prey itemsAnadromous ancestorsForaging traitsPopulation divergenceAllele frequency dataDivergence timesEvolutionary ratesMicrosatellite dataAnadromous formEvolutionary origin
2004
Extreme difference in rate of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evolution in a large ectotherm, Galápagos tortoises
Caccone A, Gentile G, Burns CE, Sezzi E, Bergman W, Ruelle M, Saltonstall K, Powell JR. Extreme difference in rate of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evolution in a large ectotherm, Galápagos tortoises. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2004, 31: 794-798. PMID: 15062813, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGalápagos tortoisesUnusual reproductive biologyKb of mtDNANuclear DNA evolutionEffective population sizeGiant Galápagos tortoisesRate of evolutionMtDNA divergenceMtDNA evolutionBiogeographic historyDNA evolutionMolecular evolutionNeutral theoryReproductive biologyLarge ectothermsNuclear DNAEctothermic animalsPopulation sizeSilent substitutionsNucDNAMtDNAKbTortoisesDivergenceExtreme differences
1997
Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus)
Caccone A, Milinkovitch M, Sbordoni V, Powell J. Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus). Systematic Biology 1997, 46: 126-144. PMID: 11975350, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/46.1.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytochrome b geneB geneDivergence timesMitochondrial DNA genesTime of divergenceMolecular clock hypothesisSardinia-Corsica microplateRate of evolutionMtDNA rateGene flowCladogenic eventsVicariant eventsMolecular divergenceTajima's testSequence divergenceRibosomal genesDNA genesPhylogenetic perspectiveVicariant distributionPhylogenetic studiesEuropean newtsRibosomal RNAClock hypothesisSequence dataRate heterogeneity