AN EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE AQUATIC FIREFLIES INFERRED FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCES

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
H SUZUKI ◽  
Y SATO ◽  
N OHBA
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Evolutionary history of the genus Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 744-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy B. Baird ◽  
David M. Hillis ◽  
John C. Patton ◽  
John W. Bickham
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
History Of

Genetic variation within African spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) estimated using mitochondrial DNA sequences

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Brito ◽  
Raquel Vaconcelos ◽  
D. James Harris
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
North African ◽  
History Of ◽  
Current Species

AbstractAfrican spiny-tailed lizards (Uromastyx) are large, herbivorous lizards extensively traded locally for food and internationally as pets. Several species have recently been described, although some remain controversial. To determine relationships within North African forms, twenty individuals were analysed for over 1000 bases of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Phylogenetic analyses indicate four deeply divergent lineages that correspond to sampling areas, but not to current species designations. These results indicate that present taxonomy does not reflect the evolutionary history of these species.

scholarly journals A rapid loss of stripes: the evolutionary history of the extinct quagga

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A Leonard ◽  
Nadin Rohland ◽  
Scott Glaberman ◽  
Robert C Fleischer ◽  
Adalgisa Caccone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Rapid Loss ◽  
Mt Dna ◽  
Pleistocene Climate ◽  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
History Of ◽  
Plains Zebra

Twenty years ago, the field of ancient DNA was launched with the publication of two short mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences from a single quagga ( Equus quagga ) museum skin, an extinct South African equid ( Higuchi et al . 1984 Nature 312 , 282–284). This was the first extinct species from which genetic information was retrieved. The DNA sequences of the quagga showed that it was more closely related to zebras than to horses. However, quagga evolutionary history is far from clear. We have isolated DNA from eight quaggas and a plains zebra (subspecies or phenotype Equus burchelli burchelli ). We show that the quagga displayed little genetic diversity and very recently diverged from the plains zebra, probably during the penultimate glacial maximum. This emphasizes the importance of Pleistocene climate changes for phylogeographic patterns in African as well as Holarctic fauna.

scholarly journals Mitochondrial DNA Diversity of Modern, Ancient and Wild Sheep (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) from Turkey: New Insights on the Evolutionary History of Sheep

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e81952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sevgin Demirci ◽  
Evren Koban Baştanlar ◽  
Nihan Dilşad Dağtaş ◽  
Evangelia Pişkin ◽  
Atilla Engin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Dna Diversity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wild Sheep

scholarly journals Evolutionary Relationship between Two Firefly Species,Curtos costipennisandC. okinawanus(Coleoptera, Lampyridae), in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan Revealed by the Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiko Muraji ◽  
Norio Arakaki ◽  
Shigeo Tanizaki
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Evolutionary Relationship ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Mtdna Sequences ◽  
Northern Half ◽  
The Ryukyu Islands ◽  
History Of

The phylogenetic relationship, biogeography, and evolutionary history of closely related two firefly species,Curtos costipennisandC. okinawanus, distributed in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan were examined based on nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial (2.2 kb long) and nuclear (1.1-1.2 kb long) DNAs. In these analyses, individuals were divided among three genetically distinct local groups,C. costipennisin the Amami region,C. okinawanusin the Okinawa region, andC. costipennisin the Sakishima region. Their mtDNA sequences suggested that ancestralC. costipennispopulation was first separated between the Central and Southern Ryukyu areas, and the northern half was then subdivided betweenC. costipennisin the Amami andC. okinawanusin the Okinawa. The application of the molecular evolutionary clocks of coleopteran insects indicated that their vicariance occurred 1.0–1.4 million years ago, suggesting the influence of submergence and subdivision of a paleopeninsula extending between the Ryukyu Islands and continental China through Taiwan in the early Pleistocene.

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