2014
Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times
Dornburg A, Townsend JP, Friedman M, Near TJ. Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2014, 14: 169. PMID: 25103329, PMCID: PMC4236503, DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0169-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell NucleusDNA, MitochondrialEvolution, MolecularFishesFossilsPaleontologyPhylogenySequence AlignmentConceptsMolecular age estimatesMolecular divergence timesDivergence timesSequence dataMolecular divergence time estimationMitochondrial sequence dataPhylogenetic informativeness profilesDivergence time estimationRay-finned fishesTree of lifeMolecular clock methodsSubstitution rate heterogeneityMolecular clock modelBranch length estimatesPhylogenetic informativenessNuclear sequencesRecent divergenceMolecular clockIndividual genesPhylogenetic inferenceDNA sequence alignmentRate heterogeneityFossil recordSequence alignmentClock method
2004
Mitochondrial genome size variation in New World and Old World populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Townsend JP, Rand DM. Mitochondrial genome size variation in New World and Old World populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 2004, 93: 98-103. PMID: 15138453, DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialDrosophila melanogasterFemaleGenetic VariationGenetics, PopulationGenomeMutationRegression AnalysisConceptsMtDNA length variationNew World samplesDrosophila melanogasterFounder eventsMitochondrial genome size variationLength variationMtDNA length variantsGenome size variationDifferent mutational pressureOld World populationsD-loop regionNew World populationsMutation-selection dynamicsPatterns of variationLevel of heteroplasmyMitochondrial genomeRelaxed selectionMutational pressureControl regionGenetic variationRange expansionLength variantsMutational dynamicsNew WorldLinkage relationships