2022
Evidence for serial founder events during the colonization of North America by the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Pless E, Powell J, Seger K, Ellis B, Gloria‐Soria A. Evidence for serial founder events during the colonization of North America by the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Ecology And Evolution 2022, 12: e8896. PMID: 35592063, PMCID: PMC9102526, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSerial founder effectFounder eventsGenetic diversitySerial founder eventsYellow fever mosquitoNorth AmericaInvasion historyDemographic historyMicrosatellite lociNorth American colonizationInvasive speciesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsLarge genetic studiesGeographic distanceOutlier populationsGenetic studiesFounder effectNucleotide polymorphismsDemographic analysisPrimary vectorAllele frequenciesAedes aegyptiColonizationPutative sourceDiversity
2005
A cryptic taxon of Galpagos tortoise in conservation peril
Russello M, Glaberman S, Gibbs J, Marquez C, Powell J, Caccone A. A cryptic taxon of Galpagos tortoise in conservation peril. Biology Letters 2005, 1: 287-290. PMID: 17148189, PMCID: PMC1617146, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiological diversityFormal taxonomic designationGenetic divergenceGalápagos tortoisesAccurate taxonomyDistinct lineagesTaxonomic investigationGenetic divisionTaxonomic designationsSingle taxonGiant tortoisesBad taxonomyEvolutionary heritageNew taxonTaxaAccessible islandsTortoisesHuman intellectual historyDiversityConservationSanta CruzTaxonomyLineagesGalápagosOrganisms