1991
Man and molecular phylogenies
Caccone A. Man and molecular phylogenies. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 1991, 58: 379-384. DOI: 10.1080/11250009109355782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular dataDNA-DNA hybridizationGlobin pseudogeneSpecies phylogenyDNA divergenceGene phylogenyMolecular phylogenyPhylogenetic relationshipsOld World monkeysExtant membersPhylogenetic conclusionsSequence dataPhylogenyExtant primatesWorld monkeysDetailed sequence dataAfrican apesPseudogenesTaxaHominoideaOrangutansDivergenceGorillasHybridizationFossils
1990
EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF DNA DIVERGENCE IN THE DROSOPHILA OBSCURA GROUP
Goddard K, Caccone A, Powell J. EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF DNA DIVERGENCE IN THE DROSOPHILA OBSCURA GROUP. Evolution 1990, 44: 1656-1670. PMID: 28564311, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1990.tb03854.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDrosophila obscura groupObscura groupOld World speciesWorld speciesDNA divergenceSingle-copy DNA divergencePartial reproductive isolationGroups of DrosophilaDNA-DNA hybridizationNew World speciesObscura subgroupMelanogaster subgroupAffinis subgroupNuclear genomeReproductive isolationChromosomal divergenceEvolutionary implicationsMonophyletic groupClassical systematicsRelated taxaMitochondrial DNASpeciesHybrid formationOld WorldGenomeExtreme rates and heterogeneity in insect DNA evolution
Caccone A, Powell J. Extreme rates and heterogeneity in insect DNA evolution. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1990, 30: 273-280. PMID: 2109089, DOI: 10.1007/bf02099997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-copy DNA divergenceDNA-DNA hybridization studiesSingle-copy DNAInsect genomesGenome evolutionDNA divergenceNuclear genomeDNA evolutionEvolutionary changeChromosomal similaritiesInterspecific hybridsMost vertebratesMorphological similarityGenomeIntronsHybridization studiesInsectsMammalsBirdsDNAExtreme variationVertebratesTaxaExonsSimilarity
1989
DNA DIVERGENCE AMONG HOMINOIDS
Caccone A, Powell J. DNA DIVERGENCE AMONG HOMINOIDS. Evolution 1989, 43: 925-942. PMID: 28564151, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb02540.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecies of chimpanzeeDNA divergenceSingle-copy DNA divergenceGood molecular clockDivergence of humansClosest extant relativesProtein-coding regionsDNA-DNA hybridizationPatterns of relatednessSpecies of gibbonsSumatra populationsMolecular evolutionMolecular clockExtant relativesIntraspecific variationMost speciesOld World monkeysExtant membersDifferent taxaPhylogenetic conclusionsBase compositionMolecular evidenceBase pair mismatchesSpeciesWorld monkeysIntraspecific and interspecific genetic variation in Drosophila
Powell J, Caccone A. Intraspecific and interspecific genetic variation in Drosophila. Genome 1989, 31: 233-238. PMID: 2591736, DOI: 10.1139/g89-040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-copy DNA divergenceDNA-DNA hybridizationDNA divergenceInterspecific genetic variationSpecies of DrosophilaSingle-copy DNANucleotide heterozygosityRate of divergenceChromosomal differentiationAccurate phylogeniesPhylogenetic relationshipsPhylogenetic affinitiesInterspecific hybridsGenetic variationInterspecific studiesTrue phylogenyGenetic variabilityDrosophilaEvolutionary testsPhylogenyDivergenceDNAHybridizationHigh information contentIntrons
1988
Rates and patterns of scnDNA and mtDNA divergence within the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup.
Caccone A, Amato G, Powell J. Rates and patterns of scnDNA and mtDNA divergence within the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup. Genetics 1988, 118: 671-683. PMID: 2896615, PMCID: PMC1203322, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/118.4.671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrosophila melanogaster subgroupDNA-DNA hybridizationMelanogaster subgroupSingle-copy nuclear DNARestriction site variationHomosequential speciesMtDNA divergenceChromosomal evolutionDNA divergenceDrosophila genomeIsland speciesD. takahashiiMonophyletic groupChromosomal dataTypes of DNAEvolutionary changeMitochondrial DNANuclear DNANucleotide substitutionsSite variationSpeciesDNADivergenceDistinct classesHybridization
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 populationHybridizationIntraspecific DNA divergence in Drosophila: a study on parthenogenetic D. mercatorum.
Caccone A, Amato G, Powell J. Intraspecific DNA divergence in Drosophila: a study on parthenogenetic D. mercatorum. Molecular Biology And Evolution 1987, 4: 343-350. PMID: 3447012, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-DNA hybridizationIntraspecific genetic variationInsertion/deletion differencesIntraspecific DNA variationSpecies of invertebratesFurther genetic differencesDNA divergenceDNA diversityDNA variationD. mercatorumIndependent genomesIntraspecific variationDrosophila mercatorumGenetic variationDNA differencesParthenogenetic strainsBase pair mismatchesGenetic differencesInvertebratesGenomeSpeciesHybridizationDrosophilaStrainsDiversity