2013
The genetic legacy of Lonesome George survives: Giant tortoises with Pinta Island ancestry identified in Galápagos
Edwards D, Benavides E, Garrick R, Gibbs J, Russello M, Dion K, Hyseni C, Flanagan J, Tapia W, Caccone A. The genetic legacy of Lonesome George survives: Giant tortoises with Pinta Island ancestry identified in Galápagos. Biological Conservation 2013, 157: 225-228. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLonesome GeorgeGiant tortoise speciesFirst-generation hybridsPurebred individualsAdditional hybridsPinta IslandGeneration hybridsGenetic legacyTortoise speciesGiant tortoisesSpecies recoveryGalápagos ArchipelagoRelative abundanceIsabela IslandTortoisesUnrelated individualsAdditional individualsAncestryHybridsIslands
2003
Analysis of a Shift in Codon Usage in Drosophila
Powell JR, Sezzi E, Moriyama EN, Gleason JM, Caccone A. Analysis of a Shift in Codon Usage in Drosophila. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 2003, 57: s214-s225. PMID: 15008418, DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-0030-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCodon usageD. melanogasterMutation biasSaltans species groupAmino acidsFour-fold degenerate sitesRelaxed selectionD. willistoniExtant speciesDrosophila willistoniSpecies groupsPosttranscriptional modificationsWobble positionDegenerate sitesFrozen accidentWillistoniLineagesRelative abundanceMelanogasterSpeciesTRNAGenesC compositionFurther insightDrosophila