1997
Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus)
Caccone A, Milinkovitch M, Sbordoni V, Powell J. Mitochondrial DNA Rates and Biogeography in European Newts (Genus Euproctus). Systematic Biology 1997, 46: 126-144. PMID: 11975350, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/46.1.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytochrome b geneB geneDivergence timesMitochondrial DNA genesTime of divergenceMolecular clock hypothesisSardinia-Corsica microplateRate of evolutionMtDNA rateGene flowCladogenic eventsVicariant eventsMolecular divergenceTajima's testSequence divergenceRibosomal genesDNA genesPhylogenetic perspectiveVicariant distributionPhylogenetic studiesEuropean newtsRibosomal RNAClock hypothesisSequence dataRate heterogeneity
1994
Molecular biogeography: using the Corsica-Sardinia microplate disjunction to calibrate mitochondrial rDNA evolutionary rates in mountain newts (Euproctus)
Caccone A, Milinkovitch M, Sbordoni V, Powell J. Molecular biogeography: using the Corsica-Sardinia microplate disjunction to calibrate mitochondrial rDNA evolutionary rates in mountain newts (Euproctus). Journal Of Evolutionary Biology 1994, 7: 227-245. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1994.7020227.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary ratesSequence dataMitochondrial DNA sequence variationRelative rate testMolecular clock hypothesisDNA sequence variationRibosomal rRNA geneClock-like behaviorSardinia-Corsica microplateAllozyme studiesCladogenetic eventsGenus TriturusE. montanusE. platycephalusVicariant distributionPhylogenetic treePhylogenetic methodsClock hypothesisP. waltlRRNA geneBootstrap valuesIdentical topologiesSequence variationMountain newtPyrenean region
1987
MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN CAVE CRICKETS. II. DNA‐DNA HYBRIDIZATION
Caccone A, Powell J. MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY DIVERGENCE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN CAVE CRICKETS. II. DNA‐DNA HYBRIDIZATION. Evolution 1987, 41: 1215-1238. PMID: 28563602, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1987.tb02462.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA-DNA hybridizationDNA divergenceCave cricketsSingle-copy DNA divergenceTotal single-copy DNAMolecular evolutionary divergenceLast common ancestorSingle-copy DNAProtein-coding regionsAllozyme variationEvolutionary divergenceCommon ancestorMolecular clockNei's DDNA dataClock hypothesisSea urchinsSame speciesPhylogenyFurther divergenceEuropean relativesDivergenceSpeciesSame populationHybridization