2010
Anopheles Immune Genes and Amino Acid Sites Evolving Under the Effect of Positive Selection
Parmakelis A, Moustaka M, Poulakakis N, Louis C, Slotman MA, Marshall JC, Awono-Ambene PH, Antonio-Nkondjio C, Simard F, Caccone A, Powell JR. Anopheles Immune Genes and Amino Acid Sites Evolving Under the Effect of Positive Selection. PLOS ONE 2010, 5: e8885. PMID: 20126662, PMCID: PMC2811201, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive selectionImmune genesGambiae complexDN/dS ratiosLineage-specific evolutionPopulation genetics frameworkAmino acid sitesAnopheles gambiae complexSpecific amino acidsInnate immunity genesAncestral polymorphismComparative phylogeneticsGene diversityEvolutionary historyNatural populationsGenetic diversityGenetic frameworkNatural selectionImmunity genesVector biologyDS ratiosGenesAmino acidsDiversityGenetic knowledge
2003
Analysis of a Shift in Codon Usage in Drosophila
Powell JR, Sezzi E, Moriyama EN, Gleason JM, Caccone A. Analysis of a Shift in Codon Usage in Drosophila. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 2003, 57: s214-s225. PMID: 15008418, DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-0030-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCodon usageD. melanogasterMutation biasSaltans species groupAmino acidsFour-fold degenerate sitesRelaxed selectionD. willistoniExtant speciesDrosophila willistoniSpecies groupsPosttranscriptional modificationsWobble positionDegenerate sitesFrozen accidentWillistoniLineagesRelative abundanceMelanogasterSpeciesTRNAGenesC compositionFurther insightDrosophila
1992
Complementary DNA-DNA hybridization in Drosophila
Caccone A, Gleason J, Powell J. Complementary DNA-DNA hybridization in Drosophila. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1992, 34: 130-140. PMID: 1372940, DOI: 10.1007/bf00182390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-DNA hybridization experimentsSpecies of DrosophilaMost major lineagesDNA-DNA hybridizationSubgenus DrosophilaMelanogaster subgroupSubgenus SophophoraHawaiian DrosophilaObscura groupMonophyletic lineageExtant islandsWillistoni groupMajor lineagesAdult mRNADrosophilaPhylogenetic conclusionsHybridization experimentsLineagesComplementary DNAAmino acidsSophophoraMost groupsPhylogenyGenomeSubgenera