2019
Identification of winter moth (Operophtera brumata) refugia in North Africa and the Italian Peninsula during the last glacial maximum
Andersen J, Havill N, Mannai Y, Ezzine O, Dhahri S, Jamâa M, Caccone A, Elkinton J. Identification of winter moth (Operophtera brumata) refugia in North Africa and the Italian Peninsula during the last glacial maximum. Ecology And Evolution 2019, 9: 13931-13941. PMID: 31938492, PMCID: PMC6953680, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWinter mothGenetic diversityLast Glacial MaximumQuaternary climatic oscillationsWinter moth populationsUse of refugiaSecondary contactGlacial refugiaNonnative speciesGenetic distinctnessIberian refugiumGenetic distanceBayesian clusteringLGM refugiaPolymorphic microsatellitesRefugiaApproximate Bayesian computation methodsItalian peninsulaMoth individualsOak forestsClimatic oscillationsGenetic relationshipsMoth populationsTemperate regionsGlacial Maximum
2017
Multiple evolutionary origins of Trypanosoma evansi in Kenya
Kamidi CM, Saarman NP, Dion K, Mireji PO, Ouma C, Murilla G, Aksoy S, Schnaufer A, Caccone A. Multiple evolutionary origins of Trypanosoma evansi in Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2017, 11: e0005895. PMID: 28880965, PMCID: PMC5605091, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT. brucei strainsDifferent genetic backgroundsEvolutionary originGenetic diversityBrucei strainsMultiple evolutionary originsGenetic backgroundTsetse fly vectorT. evansiLethal human diseaseIndependent originsPolymorphic microsatellitesT. bruceiEvansi isolatesGenetic unitsHuman diseasesObligate linkBruceiEvansi strainsT. brucei bruceiTsetse fliesFly vectorsFliesDiversityBrucei brucei