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Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: the phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions.

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Yoder, AD; Vilgalys, R; Ruvolo, M
Published in: Molecular biology and evolution
December 1996

DNA sequences of the complete cytochrome b gene are shown to contain robust phylogenetic signal for the strepsirrhine primates (i.e., lemurs and lorises). The phylogeny derived from these data conforms to other molecular studies of strepsirrhine relationships despite the fact that uncorrected nucleotide distances are high for nearly all intrastrepsirrhine comparisons, with most in the 15%-20% range. Cytochrome b sequences support the hypothesis that Malagasy lemuriforms and Afro-Asian lorisiforms each comprise clades that share a sister-group relationship. A study (Adkins and Honeycutt 1994) of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) gene placed one Malagasy primate (Daubentonia) at the base of the strepsirrhine clade, thereby suggesting a diphyletic Lemuriformes. The reanalysis of COII third-position transversions, either alone or in combination with cytochrome b third-position transversions, however, yields a tree that is congruent with phylogenetic hypotheses derived from cytochrome b and other genetic data sets.

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Molecular biology and evolution

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EISSN

1537-1719

ISSN

0737-4038

Publication Date

December 1996

Volume

13

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1339 / 1350

Related Subject Headings

  • Strepsirhini
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Phylogeny
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Genetic Variation
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • DNA, Mitochondrial
  • DNA
  • Cytochrome b Group
 

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Yoder, A. D., Vilgalys, R., & Ruvolo, M. (1996). Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: the phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 13(10), 1339–1350. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025580
Yoder, A. D., R. Vilgalys, and M. Ruvolo. “Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: the phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions.Molecular Biology and Evolution 13, no. 10 (December 1996): 1339–50. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025580.
Yoder AD, Vilgalys R, Ruvolo M. Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: the phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions. Molecular biology and evolution. 1996 Dec;13(10):1339–50.
Yoder, A. D., et al. “Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: the phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions.Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 13, no. 10, Dec. 1996, pp. 1339–50. Epmc, doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025580.
Yoder AD, Vilgalys R, Ruvolo M. Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: the phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions. Molecular biology and evolution. 1996 Dec;13(10):1339–1350.
Journal cover image

Published In

Molecular biology and evolution

DOI

EISSN

1537-1719

ISSN

0737-4038

Publication Date

December 1996

Volume

13

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1339 / 1350

Related Subject Headings

  • Strepsirhini
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Phylogeny
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Genetic Variation
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • DNA, Mitochondrial
  • DNA
  • Cytochrome b Group