2011
Influence of Host Phylogeographic Patterns and Incomplete Lineage Sorting on Within-Species Genetic Variability in Wigglesworthia Species, Obligate Symbionts of Tsetse Flies
Symula RE, Marpuri I, Bjornson RD, Okedi L, Beadell J, Alam U, Aksoy S, Caccone A. Influence of Host Phylogeographic Patterns and Incomplete Lineage Sorting on Within-Species Genetic Variability in Wigglesworthia Species, Obligate Symbionts of Tsetse Flies. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2011, 77: 8400-8408. PMID: 21948847, PMCID: PMC3233068, DOI: 10.1128/aem.05688-11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObligate symbiontsHost speciesGenetic variationMultiple host populationsIncongruence length difference testIncomplete lineage sortingHost-symbiont combinationsSingle host speciesPopulation-level processesIncomplete lineageLineage sortingPhylogeographic patternsSouthern lineagesSymbiont lineagesHost mtDNAWigglesworthia glossinidiaMolecular varianceBacterial symbiontsEvolutionary associationEvolutionary historySouthern populationsMitochondrial DNA haplogroupsVariable lociSymbiontsGenetic variability
2006
Genetic Divergence of Connecticut Melanoplus femurrubrum Populations
Lee J, Marshall J, Schmitz O, Caccone A. Genetic Divergence of Connecticut Melanoplus femurrubrum Populations. Journal Of Heredity 2006, 97: 290-293. PMID: 16598036, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esj027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic diversityHigh mitochondrial diversityNuclear gene regionsAT-rich genesHigh sequence divergenceFixation index analysisMultiple genetic markersPhylogeographic patternsMitochondrial diversityMolecular varianceGenetic divergenceSequence divergenceEqual diversityGenetic variationLittle divergenceGene regionGenetic markersPopulation-level studiesITS1 geneGenesDiversityDivergenceSmall geographic areasND2Species