THE 18S RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCE OF THE SEA-ANEMONE ANEMONIA-SULCATA AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY POSITION AMONG OTHER EUKARYOTES

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作者
HENDRIKS, L [1 ]
VANDEPEER, Y [1 ]
VANHERCK, M [1 ]
NEEFS, JM [1 ]
DEWACHTER, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV INSTELLING ANTWERP,DEPT BIOCHEM,UNIV PLEIN 1,B-2610 WILRIJK,BELGIUM
关键词
Ammonia sulcata; Metazoan evolution; Small ribosomal subunit RNA sequence;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(90)81212-7
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Evolutionary trees based on partial small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences of 22 metazoa species have been published [(1988) Science 239, 748-753]. In these trees, cnidarians (Radiata) seemed to have evolved independently from the Bilateria, which is in contradiction with the general evolutionary view. In order to further investigate this problem, the complete srRNA sequence of the sea anemone Ammonia sulcata was determined and evolutionary trees were constructed using a matrix optimization method. In the tree thus obtained the sea anemone and Bilateria together form a monophyletic cluster, with the sea anemone forming the first line of descent of the metazoan group. © 1990.
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