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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 460-464 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Molecular Evolution |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
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The rate of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene evolution is similar in freshwater turtles and marsupials. / Seddon, J.M.; Baverstock, P.R.; Georges, A.
In: Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 46, No. 4, 1998, p. 460-464.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
TY - JOUR
T1 - The rate of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene evolution is similar in freshwater turtles and marsupials
AU - Seddon, J.M.
AU - Baverstock, P.R.
AU - Georges, A.
N1 - cited By 24
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Assertions that the “conventional” rate of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolution is reduced in poikilotherms in general and turtles in particular were tested for side-necked turtles (Pleurodira: Chelidae). Homologous data sets of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene sequences were used to compare the average divergence between the Australian and South American species for two Gondwanan groups: the chelid turtles and the marsupials. The mean nucleotide divergences between continental groups for both the turtles and the marsupials are remarkably similar. These data suggest that the rate of evolution of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene is not substantially slower in turtles than in the homeothermic marsupials.
AB - Assertions that the “conventional” rate of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolution is reduced in poikilotherms in general and turtles in particular were tested for side-necked turtles (Pleurodira: Chelidae). Homologous data sets of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene sequences were used to compare the average divergence between the Australian and South American species for two Gondwanan groups: the chelid turtles and the marsupials. The mean nucleotide divergences between continental groups for both the turtles and the marsupials are remarkably similar. These data suggest that the rate of evolution of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene is not substantially slower in turtles than in the homeothermic marsupials.
U2 - 10.1007/PL00006326
DO - 10.1007/PL00006326
M3 - Review article
VL - 46
SP - 460
EP - 464
JO - Journal of Molecular Evolution
JF - Journal of Molecular Evolution
SN - 0022-2844
IS - 4
ER -