Extreme Length and Length Variation in the First Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer of Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

• Published in: Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 648 - 660
• Main Authors: von der Schulenburg, J. Hinrich Graf, Hancock, John M., Pagnamenta, Alistair, Sloggett, John J., Majerus, Michael E. N., Hurst, Gregory D. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.04.2001
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Coleoptera - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic Variation; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; rRNA; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA

DNA sequences of the first ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) were isolated from 10 ladybird beetle species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) representing four subfamilies (Coccinellinae, Chilocorinae, Scymninae, and Coccidulinae). The spacers ranged in length from 791 to 2,572 bp, thereby inclu...