2004
Giant tortoises are not so slow: Rapid diversification and biogeographic consensus in the Galápagos
Beheregaray L, Gibbs J, Havill N, Fritts T, Powell J, Caccone A. Giant tortoises are not so slow: Rapid diversification and biogeographic consensus in the Galápagos. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 6514-6519. PMID: 15084743, PMCID: PMC404076, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400393101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGiant Galápagos tortoisesGalápagos tortoisesGreat natural laboratoryGenetic variationDivergent monophyletic cladesHistory of diversificationIsolated oceanic archipelagoPatterns of colonizationBiogeographic predictionsEvolutionary diversificationGene flowEndemic haplotypesExtant populationsLimited dispersalOceanic archipelagosBiogeographic patternsEvolutionary eventsBiological diversificationMonophyletic cladeMtDNA sequencesRapid diversificationGenetic interchangeRange expansionOlder islandsGiant tortoises
1983
Macrogeographic genetic variation in a human commensal: Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito
Wallis G, Tabachnick W, Powell J. Macrogeographic genetic variation in a human commensal: Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. Genetics Research 1983, 41: 241-258. PMID: 6884770, DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300021315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic variationGenetic population structureDistinct gene poolsGenetic distance dataAedes aegyptiGenetic distance valuesNew World populationsYellow fever mosquitoEnzyme lociGene poolUPGMA treePopulation structureHuman commensalMajor clustersSouth-eastern U.S.A. aegyptiEast AfricaAegyptiAegypti aegyptiAegypti formosusEpidemiological implicationsDistance valuesDistance dataLociPopulation