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The evolutionary relationships among known life forms.

Journal of molecular evolution ·Vol. 28 ·No. 1-2 ·1988-00-00 ·Pages 98-112

Cedergren R, Gray MW, Abel Y, Sankoff D

Abstract

Sequences of small subunit (SSU) and large subunit (LSU) ribosomal RNA genes from archaebacteria, eubacteria, and the nucleus, chloroplasts, and mitochondria of eukaryotes have been compared in order to identify the most conservative positions. Aligned sets of these positions for both SSU and LSU rRNA have been used to generate tree diagrams relating the source organisms/organelles. Branching patterns were evaluated using the statistical bootstrapping technique. The resulting SSU and LSU trees are remarkably congruent and show a high degree of similarity with those based on alternative data sets and/or generated by different techniques. In addition to providing insights into the evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic (nuclear) lineages, the analysis reported here provides, for the first time, an extensive phylogeny of the mitochondrial lineage.

MeSH Terms
Base Sequence Biological Evolution DNA, Ribosomal/genetics Information Systems Models, Genetic Nucleic Acid Conformation Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal/genetics Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Chemicals
DNA, Ribosomal RNA, Ribosomal
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Cedergren R
Department de biochimie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Gray M W
Abel Y
Sankoff D
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of molecular evolution
Abbr.
J Mol Evol
ISSN
0022-2844
DOI
10.1007/BF02143501
Published
1988-00-00
Pages
98-112
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0360051
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF02143501 View journal details
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