2019
Patterns, Mechanisms and Genetics of Speciation in Reptiles and Amphibians
Valero K, Marshall J, Bastiaans E, Caccone A, Camargo A, Morando M, Niemiller M, Pabijan M, Russello M, Sinervo B, Werneck F, Sites J, , Wiens J, Steinfartz S. Patterns, Mechanisms and Genetics of Speciation in Reptiles and Amphibians. Genes 2019, 10: 646. PMID: 31455040, PMCID: PMC6769790, DOI: 10.3390/genes10090646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEcological speciationSpeciation researchIntegrative taxonomyGenetics of speciationProcess of speciationSouth American lizardsSpeciation ratesPhenotypic evolutionEvolutionary forcesClimatic nicheEuropean salamandersPhenotypic traitsGenetic mechanismsEcological aspectsBiogeographyReptilesSpeciationAmphibiansCase studyGenomicsLizardsGeneticsTaxonomyFinal case studySalamandersThe population genomics of multiple tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) admixture zones in Uganda
Saarman NP, Opiro R, Hyseni C, Echodu R, Opiyo EA, Dion K, Johnson T, Aksoy S, Caccone A. The population genomics of multiple tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) admixture zones in Uganda. Molecular Ecology 2019, 28: 66-85. PMID: 30471158, PMCID: PMC9642080, DOI: 10.1111/mec.14957.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmixture zonePopulation genomicsHybrid zoneMitochondrial cytochrome oxidase IGenome-wide admixtureProcess of speciationCytochrome oxidase IPatterns of divergenceMaternal inheritance patternDivergent lineagesReproductive barriersSecondary contactOxidase IEvolutionary biologyApproximate Bayesian computationGenetic lineagesParental typesGenetic markersInheritance patternGenomicsLineagesMultiple generationsBayesian computationSpeciationRiver network
2010
Inference of Population History by Coupling Exploratory and Model-Driven Phylogeographic Analyses
Garrick R, Caccone A, Sunnucks P. Inference of Population History by Coupling Exploratory and Model-Driven Phylogeographic Analyses. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2010, 11: 1190-1227. PMID: 20480016, PMCID: PMC2871112, DOI: 10.3390/ijms11041190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogeographic analysisGene treesGenetic diversityConservation managementPopulation historyDNA sequencesGenetic datasetsGenetic dataCladistic analysisHistorical inferencesPopulation processesTemporal concordanceSynergistic interactionDiversitySpeciationSpatial distributionSequenceGeographic contextTrees
2002
Speciation Within Anopheles gambiae-- the Glass Is Half Full
della Torre A, Costantini C, Besansky N, Caccone A, Petrarca V, Powell J, Coluzzi M. Speciation Within Anopheles gambiae-- the Glass Is Half Full. Science 2002, 298: 115-117. PMID: 12364784, DOI: 10.1126/science.1078170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PhysiologicalAfrica South of the SaharaAllelesAnimalsAnophelesBiological EvolutionChromosome InversionChromosomesDNA, RibosomalEcosystemEnvironmentFeeding BehaviorGenetic VariationGenetics, PopulationGenomeHuman ActivitiesHumansInsect Bites and StingsInsect VectorsMalariaMicrosatellite RepeatsReproductionSequence Analysis, DNA