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Aligned 18S for Zoraptera (Insecta) : Phylogenetic position and molecular evolution
| Title: | Aligned 18S for Zoraptera (Insecta) : Phylogenetic position and molecular evolution |
| Authors: | Yoshizawa, Kazunori Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Johnson, Kevin P. Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Zoraptera | | 18S rDNA | | Secondary structure based alignment | | Phylogeny | | Molecular evolution |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2005 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 572 |
| End Page: | 580 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.008 |
| PMID: | 16005647 |
| Abstract: | The order Zoraptera (angel insects) is one of the least known insect groups, containing only 32 extant species. The phylogenetic position of Zoraptera is poorly understood, but it is generally thought to be closely related to either Paraneoptera (hemipteroid orders: booklice, lice, thrips, and bugs), Dictyoptera (blattoid orders: cockroaches, termites, and mantis), or Embioptera (web spinners). We inferred the phylogenetic position of Zoraptera by analyzing nuclear 18S rDNA sequences, which we aligned according to a secondary structure model. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses both supported a close relationship between Zoraptera and Dictyoptera with relatively high posterior probability. The 18S sequences of Zoraptera exhibited several unusual properties: (1) a dramatically increased substitution rate, which resulted in very long branches; (2) long insertions at helix E23; and (3) modifications of secondary structures at helices 12 and 18. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/43133 |
| Appears in Collections: | 農学院・農学研究院 (Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 吉澤 和徳
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