2015
Hybridization masks speciation in the evolutionary history of the Galápagos marine iguana
MacLeod A, Rodríguez A, Vences M, Orozco-terWengel P, García C, Trillmich F, Gentile G, Caccone A, Quezada G, Steinfartz S. Hybridization masks speciation in the evolutionary history of the Galápagos marine iguana. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2015, 282: 20150425. PMID: 26041359, PMCID: PMC4590447, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGalápagos marine iguanasEvolutionary historyMarine iguanasIncipient speciationStrong population structureGenome-wide analysisGalápagos land iguanasCommon gene poolDepth genome-wide analysisSpeciation eventsIsland speciationSister lineageEvolutionary potentialFrequent hybridizationExtant populationsLocal adaptationPhylogenetic treeGene poolSister groupPopulation structureVariable markersLand iguanasEvolutionary processesSame islandNearby islands
2008
Historical DNA analysis reveals living descendants of an extinct species of Galápagos tortoise
Poulakakis N, Glaberman S, Russello M, Beheregaray LB, Ciofi C, Powell JR, Caccone A. Historical DNA analysis reveals living descendants of an extinct species of Galápagos tortoise. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 15464-15469. PMID: 18809928, PMCID: PMC2563078, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805340105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuseum specimensHistorical DNA analysisDiversification of organismsCaptive breeding programsIsland of FloreanaModern DNA techniquesMicrosatellite dataGalápagos tortoisesConservation biologyMitochondrial DNANatural selectionExtinct speciesExtinct taxaBreeding programsGiant tortoisesIntense harvestingGenetic analysisGenetic dataGalápagos ArchipelagoTortoise populationsDNA techniquesHuman exploitationNearby islandsEnough individualsSpecies