2017
Postglacial recolonization shaped the genetic diversity of the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) in Europe
Andersen J, Havill N, Caccone A, Elkinton J. Postglacial recolonization shaped the genetic diversity of the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) in Europe. Ecology And Evolution 2017, 7: 3312-3323. PMID: 28515868, PMCID: PMC5433974, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDistinct glacial refugiaWinter mothPostglacial recolonizationGene flowGlacial refugiaGenetic diversityOngoing gene flowObserved genetic patternsQuaternary climatic oscillationsLong-distance dispersalResult of dispersalPolymorphic microsatellite lociMajor genetic clustersNorthern puritySouthern richnessSecondary contactHybrid zoneSpecies diversityNorthern populationsSouthern populationsGenetic clustersMicrosatellite lociWestern PalearcticGenetic lineagesGenetic patterns
2013
Genetically Distinct Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Populations in the Lake Kyoga Region of Uganda and Its Relevance for Human African Trypanosomiasis
Echodu R, Sistrom M, Hyseni C, Enyaru J, Okedi L, Aksoy S, Caccone A. Genetically Distinct Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Populations in the Lake Kyoga Region of Uganda and Its Relevance for Human African Trypanosomiasis. BioMed Research International 2013, 2013: 614721. PMID: 24199195, PMCID: PMC3807537, DOI: 10.1155/2013/614721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-biased dispersalMicrosatellite DNA dataLack of admixtureAgents of humanVicariant barrierGenetic differentiationSouthern populationsDNA dataTrypanosoma bruceiCompetitive exclusionMain vector speciesSole vectorsContact zonePopulation clustersVector speciesEnvironmental conditionsTsetse fliesDistinct groupsAnimal trypanosomiasisHuman African trypanosomiasisGlossinaAfrican trypanosomiasisIntrogressionSympatryDispersal
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