Mitochondrial gene arrangement of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus L.: conservation of major features among arthropod classes

• Published in: Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 867 - 874
• Main Authors: Staton, J. L., Daehler, L. L., Brown, W. M., Jacobs, D. K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Legacy CDMS 01.08.1997
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Arthropods - classification; Arthropods - genetics; Base Composition; Base Sequence; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Drosophila - genetics; Genes; Genes, Regulator; Horseshoe Crabs - genetics; Life Sciences (General); Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Phylogeny; Proteins - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal - genetics; RNA, Transfer - genetics; Sequence Alignment; Space life sciences; Species Specificity; Non-Nasa Center; Nasa Discipline Exobiology; NASA Discipline Exobiology; Non-NASA Center

Numerous complete mitochondrial DNA sequences have been determined for species within two arthropod groups, insects and crustaceans, but there are none for a third, the chelicerates. Most mitochondrial gene arrangements reported for crustaceans and insect species are identical or nearly identical to...