Phylogenetic Positions of Insectivora in Eutheria Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit II Gene

For the elucidation of the phylogenetic position of insectivora in eutheria, we have sequenced the cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) gene of mitochondria for three insectivoran species [musk shrew (Suncus murinus), shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides), Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)] and analyzed t...

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Published inZoological Science Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 139 - 145
Main Authors Onuma, Michiko, Kusakabe, Tadashi, Kusakabe, Shinichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan Zoological Society of Japan 01.02.1998
UniBio Press
Subjects
Animals
Base Sequence
Biotechnology
Electron Transport Complex IV - genetics
Insectivora - genetics
Mitochondria - enzymology
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
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Summary:For the elucidation of the phylogenetic position of insectivora in eutheria, we have sequenced the cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) gene of mitochondria for three insectivoran species [musk shrew (Suncus murinus), shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides), Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)] and analyzed these amino acid sequences with neighbor-joining (NJ) method and maximum likelihood (ML) method. NJ analysis shows polyphyly of Insectivora and Chiroptera. Assuming that each of Primates, Ferungulata, Chiroptera, Insectivora and Rodentia is a monophyletic group, ML analysis suggests that Chiroptera is a sister group of Insectivora and that Ferungulata is the closest outgroup to the (Insectivora and Chiroptera) clade.
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ISSN:0289-0003
DOI:10.2108/zsj.15.139