2019
Seeking compromise across competing goals in conservation translocations: The case of the ‘extinct’ Floreana Island Galapagos giant tortoise
Hunter E, Gibbs J, Cayot L, Tapia W, Quinzin M, Miller J, Caccone A, Shoemaker K. Seeking compromise across competing goals in conservation translocations: The case of the ‘extinct’ Floreana Island Galapagos giant tortoise. Journal Of Applied Ecology 2019, 57: 136-148. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConservation translocationsSingle-objective solutionsDecision support toolGiant tortoisesIndividual-based simulation modelGalapagos giant tortoisesGeneralized Additive ModelsEcosystem servicesTranslocation projectsFloreana IslandIsland speciesManagement objectivesSevere declineSupport toolNumber of individualsModel-based decision support toolSource populationGalapagos IslandsStakeholder valuesManagement strategiesMulti-objective solutionsOptimal management strategyAdditive modelTortoisesCost constraints
1996
A molecular phylogeny for the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup and the problem of polymorphism data.
Caccone A, Moriyama E, Gleason J, Nigro L, Powell J. A molecular phylogeny for the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup and the problem of polymorphism data. Molecular Biology And Evolution 1996, 13: 1224-1232. PMID: 8896375, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-DNA hybridization dataDNA sequence dataSequence dataD. sechelliaMelanogaster subgroupD. mauritianaHybridization dataNuclear DNA sequence dataPrevious DNA-DNA hybridization dataNew DNA sequence dataSerendipity alpha geneDrosophila melanogaster subgroupITS of rDNAD. simulansIsland speciesMolecular phylogenyDrosophila melanogasterPhylogenetic relationshipsSister statusIntraspecific polymorphismPhylogenetic standpointRelated speciesPhylogenetic inferenceMost speciesParallel evolution
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