2004
Variation in an intron sequence of the voltage‐gated sodium channel gene correlates with genetic differentiation between Anopheles gambiae s.s. molecular forms
Gentile G, Santolamazza F, Fanello C, Petrarca V, Caccone A, Della Torre A. Variation in an intron sequence of the voltage‐gated sodium channel gene correlates with genetic differentiation between Anopheles gambiae s.s. molecular forms. Insect Molecular Biology 2004, 13: 371-377. PMID: 15271209, DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00494.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-gated sodium channel geneSodium channel geneGenetic differentiationGenetic variationChannel genesPossible selective sweepMajor haplotypesSingle mutational stepAnopheles gambiae MRDNA sitesGene flowSelective sweepsMutational stepsTaxonomic statusIntron sequencesGambiae MMolecular formsIntron ISingle localityIntronic regionsAnopheles gambiae s.Additional haplotypesGambiae s.HaplotypesGenes
2002
Genetic Differentiation in the African Malaria Vector, Anopheles gambiae s.s., and the Problem of Taxonomic Status
Gentile G, della Torre A, Maegga B, Powell J, Caccone A. Genetic Differentiation in the African Malaria Vector, Anopheles gambiae s.s., and the Problem of Taxonomic Status. Genetics 2002, 161: 1561-1578. PMID: 12196401, PMCID: PMC1462204, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/161.4.1561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRDNA typesIntergenic spacerChromosomal formsNominal speciesSavanna chromosomal formsSingle panmictic unitSingle nominal speciesInsecticide resistance genesAreas of sympatryAnopheles gambiae complexDistinct sequencesGambiae s.African malaria vectorsA. gambiae s.Genetic differentiationITS allelesGenetic discontinuityGenetic isolationPanmictic unitTaxonomic statusChromosome armsGeographic rangeRDNA regionComplete linkage disequilibriumAutosomal inversions
1986
Genetic variability and divergence between cave dwelling populations of Typhlocirolana from majorca and sicily
Caccone A, Allegrucci G, Cesaroni D, Sbordoni M, de Matthaeis E, La Rosa G, Sbordoni V. Genetic variability and divergence between cave dwelling populations of Typhlocirolana from majorca and sicily. Biochemical Systematics And Ecology 1986, 14: 215-221. DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(86)90066-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetic distance dataSicilian populationFreshwater systemsMarine ancestorsEvolutionary historyGenetic distanceTaxonomic statusSeparate speciesGenetic variabilityGene locusTyphlocirolanaPresent distributionSpeciesSouthern Mediterranean coastElectrophoretic analysisRecent discoveryBalearic IslandsHypogean crustaceansMediterranean coastThalassoidAncestorCrustaceansDistance dataUpper MioceneSicilian samples