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Fumihito A, Miyake T, Sumi S, Takada M, Ohno S, Kondo N. One subspecies of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus) suffices as the matriarchic ancestor of all domestic breeds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:12505-9. [PMID: 7809067 PMCID: PMC45467 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.26.12505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The noncoding control region of the mitochondrial DNA of various gallinaceous birds was studied with regard to its restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and sequences of the first 400 bases. Tandem duplication of the 60-base unit was established as a trait unique to the genus Gallus, which is shared neither by pheasants nor by quails. Unlike its close ally Gallus varius (green junglefowl), the red junglefowl Gallus gallus is a genetically very diverse species; the 7.0% sequence divergence was seen between those from Thailand (G. g. gallus and G. g. spadiceus) and the other from the Indonesian island of Java (G. g. Bankiva). Furthermore, the divergence increased to 27.83% if each transversion is regarded as an equivalent of 10 transitions. On the other hand, a mere 0.5-3.0% difference (all transitions) separated various domestic breeds of the chicken from two G. g. gallus of Thailand, thus indicating a single domestication event in the area inhabited by this subspecies of the red junglefowl as the origin of all domestic breeds. Only transitions separated six diverse domesticated breeds. Nevertheless, a 2.75% difference was seen between RFLP type I breeds (White Leghorn and Nagoya) and a RFLP type VIII breed (Ayam Pelung). The above data suggested that although the mitochondrion of RFLP type V was the main contributor to domestication, hens of other RFLP types also contributed to this event.
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- A Fumihito
- Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Hedges SB, Sibley CG. Molecules vs. morphology in avian evolution: the case of the "pelecaniform" birds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:9861-5. [PMID: 7937906 PMCID: PMC44917 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.21.9861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The traditional avian Order Pelecaniformes is composed of birds with all four toes connected by a web. This "totipalmate" condition is found in ca. 66 living species: 8 pelicans (Pelecanus), 9 boobies and gannets (Sula, Papasula, Morus), ca. 37 cormorants (Phalacrocorax), 4 anhingas or darters (Anhinga), 5 frigatebirds (Fregata), and 3 tropicbirds (Phaethon). Several additional characters are shared by these genera, and their monophyly has been assumed since the beginning of modern zoological nomenclature. Most ornithologists classify these genera as an order, although tropicbirds have been viewed as related to terns, and frigatebirds as relatives of the petrels and albatrosses. DNA.DNA hybridization data indicated that the pelicans are most closely related to the Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), a stork-like bird that lives in the swamps of central Africa; the boobies, gannets, cormorants, and anhingas form a closely related cluster; the tropicbirds are not closely related to the other taxa; and the frigatebirds are closest to the penguins, loons, petrels, shearwaters, and albatrosses (Procellarioidea). Most of these results are corroborated by DNA sequences of the 12S and 16S rRNA mitochondrial genes, and they provide another example of incongruence between classifications derived from morphological versus genetic traits.
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- S B Hedges
- Department of Biology, Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802
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Pont-Kingdon GA, Beagley CT, Okimoto R, Wolstenholme DR. Mitochondrial DNA of the sea anemone, Metridium senile (Cnidaria): prokaryote-like genes for tRNA(f-Met) and small-subunit ribosomal RNA, and standard genetic code specificities for AGR and ATA codons. J Mol Evol 1994; 39:387-99. [PMID: 7966369 DOI: 10.1007/bf00160271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The nucleotide sequence of a segment of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of the sea anemone Metridium senile (phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, order Actiniaria) has been determined, within which have been identified the genes for respiratory chain NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2), the small-subunit rRNA (s-rRNA), cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII), ND4, ND6, cytochrome b (Cyt b), tRNA(f-Met), and the large-subunit rRNA (1-rRNA). The eight genes are arranged in the order given and are all transcribed from the same strand of the molecule. The overall order of the M. senile mt-genes differs from that of other metazoan mtDNAs. In M. senile mt-protein genes, AGA and AGG codons appear to have the standard genetic code specification of arginine, rather than serine as found for other invertebrate mt-genetic codes. Also, ATA has the standard genetic code specification of isoleucine. TGA occurs in three M. senile mt-protein genes and may specify tryptophan as in other metazoan, protozoan, and some fungal mt-genetic codes. The M. senile mt-rRNA(f-Met) gene has primary and secondary structure features closely resembling those of the Escherichia coli initiator tRNA, including standard dihydrouridine and T psi C loop sequences and a mismatch pair at the top of the aminoacyl stem. Determinations of the 5' and 3' end nucleotides of the M. senile mt-s-rRNAs indicated that these molecules have a homogenous size of 1,081 ntp, larger than any other known metazoan mt-s-rRNAs. Consistent with its larger size, the M. senile mt-s-rRNA can be folded into a secondary structure that more closely resembles that of the E. coli 16S rRNA than can any other metazoan mt-s-rRNA. These findings concerning M. senile mtDNA indicate that most of the unusual features regarding metazoan mt-genetic codes, rRNAs, and probably tRNAs developed after divergence of the Cnidarian line from the ancestral line common to other metazoa.
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Gemmell NJ, Janke A, Western PS, Watson JM, Pääbo S, Graves JA. Cloning and characterization of the platypus mitochondrial genome. J Mol Evol 1994; 39:200-5. [PMID: 7932783 DOI: 10.1007/bf00163808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The vertebrate mitochondrial genome is highly conserved in size and gene content. Among the chordates there appears to be one basic gene arrangement, but rearrangements in the mitochondrial gene order of the avian lineages have indicated that the mitochondrial genome may be more variable than once thought. Different gene orders in marsupials and eutherian mammals leave the ancestral mammalian order in some doubt. We have investigated the mitochondrial gene order in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), a representative of the third major group of mammals, to determine which mitochondrial gene arrangement is ancestral in mammals. We have found that the platypus mtDNA conforms to the basic chordate gene arrangement, common to fish, amphibians, and eutherian mammals, indicating that this arrangement was the original mammalian arrangement, and that the unusual rearrangements observed in the avians and marsupials are probably lineage-specific.
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- N J Gemmell
- Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
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Jun AS, Brown MD, Wallace DC. A mitochondrial DNA mutation at nucleotide pair 14459 of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 gene associated with maternally inherited Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and dystonia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:6206-10. [PMID: 8016139 PMCID: PMC44167 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.13.6206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A five-generation Hispanic family expressing maternally transmitted Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and/or early-onset dystonia associated with bilateral basal ganglia lesions was studied. Buffy coat mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from a severely affected child was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction and greater than 90% sequenced. The mtDNA proved to be a Native American haplogroup D genotype and differed from the standard "Cambridge" sequence at 40 nucleotide positions. One of these variants, a G-to-A transition at nucleotide pair (np) 14459, changed a moderately conserved alanine to a valine at NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (ND6) residue 72. The np 14459 variant was not found in any of 38 Native American haplogroup D mtDNAs, nor was it detected in 108 Asian, 103 Caucasian, or 99 African mtDNAs. Six maternal relatives in three generations were tested and were found to harbor the mutation, with one female affected with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy being heteroplasmic. Thus, the np 14459 G-to-A missense mutation is specific to this family, alters a moderately conserved amino acid in a complex I gene, is a unique mtDNA variant in Native American haplogroup D, and is heteroplasmic, suggesting that it is the disease-causing mutation.
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- A S Jun
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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Avise JC, Nelson WS, Sibley CG. DNA sequence support for a close phylogenetic relationship between some storks and New World vultures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:5173-7. [PMID: 8197203 PMCID: PMC43954 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.11.5173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Nucleotide sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene were used to address a controversial suggestion that New World vultures are related more closely to storks than to Old World vultures. Phylogenetic analyses of 1-kb sequences from 18 relevant avian species indicate that the similarities in morphology and behavior between New World and Old World vultures probably manifest convergent adaptations associated with carrion-feeding, rather than propinquity of descent. Direct sequence evidence for a close phylogenetic alliance between at least some New World vultures and storks lends support to conclusions reached previously from DNA.DNA hybridization methods and detailed morphology-based appraisals, and it illustrates how mistaken assumptions of homology for organismal adaptations can compromise biological classifications. However, there was a lack of significant resolution for most other branches in the cytochrome b phylogenetic reconstructions. This irresolution is most likely attributable to a close temporal clustering of nodes, rather than to ceiling effects (mutational saturation) producing an inappropriate window of resolution for the cytochrome b sequences.
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- J C Avise
- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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A 3667-base pair (bp) fragment of the mitochondrial genome of the crustacean Daphnia pulex has been sequenced and found to contain the complete genes for the small subunit ribosomal RNA, ND2, seven tRNAs and the control region. This organization is identical to that found in Drosophila yakuba mtDNA yet D. pulex mtDNA exhibits several unique features when compared to other mitochondrial sequences. The sequenced fragment is only 62.6% A + T which is much lower than that of any other arthropod mtDNA sequenced to date. D. pulex mtDNA also exhibits length conservation having shorter coding and non-coding regions. The putative control region is 689 bp in length and includes a sequence that has the potential to fold into a hairpin structure with a perfect 20-bp pair stem and a 22-base loop.
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- T J Van Raay
- Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Quinn TW, Wilson AC. Sequence evolution in and around the mitochondrial control region in birds. J Mol Evol 1993; 37:417-25. [PMID: 8308909 DOI: 10.1007/bf00178871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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By cloning and sequencing 3.4 kilobases of snow goose mtDNA we found that the ND5 gene is followed by the genes for cytochrome b, tRNA(Thr), tRNA(Pro), ND6, tRNA(Glu), the control region, tRNA(Phe), and srRNA. This order is identical to that of chicken, quail, and duck mtDNA but differs from that of mammals and a frog (Xenopus). The mean extent of difference due to base substitution between goose and chicken is generally closer to the same comparison between rat and mouse but less than that between human and cow. For one of the nine regions compared (tRNA(Glu)), the bird differences appear to be anomalous, possibly implicating altered functional constraints. Within the control region, several short sequences common to mammals are also conserved in the birds. Comparison of the goose control region with that of quail and chicken suggests that a sequence element with similarity to CSB-1 duplicated once prior to the divergence of goose and chicken and again on the lineage leading to chicken. Between goose (or duck) and chicken there are four times more transversions at the third positions of fourfold-degenerate codons in mitochondrial than in nuclear genes.
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- T W Quinn
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Esposti MD, De Vries S, Crimi M, Ghelli A, Patarnello T, Meyer A. Mitochondrial cytochrome b: evolution and structure of the protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1143:243-71. [PMID: 8329437 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90197-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cytochrome b is the central redox catalytic subunit of the quinol: cytochrome c or plastocyanin oxidoreductases. It is involved in the binding of the quinone substrate and it is responsible for the transmembrane electron transfer by which redox energy is converted into a protonmotive force. Cytochrome b also contains the sites to which various inhibitors and quinone antagonists bind and, consequently, inhibit the oxidoreductase. Ten partial primary sequences of cytochrome b are presented here and they are compared with sequence data from over 800 species for a detailed analysis of the natural variation in the protein. This sequence information has been used to predict some aspects of the structure of the protein, in particular the folding of the transmembrane helices and the location of the quinone- and heme-binding pockets. We have observed that inhibitor sensitivity varies greatly among species. The comparison of inhibition titrations in combination with the analysis of the primary structures has enabled us to identify amino acid residues in cytochrome b that may be involved in the binding of the inhibitors and, by extrapolation, quinone/quinol. The information on the quinone-binding sites obtained in this way is expected to be both complementary and supplementary to that which will be obtained in the future by mutagenesis and X-ray crystallography.
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- M D Esposti
- Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Italy
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Smith MJ, Arndt A, Gorski S, Fajber E. The phylogeny of echinoderm classes based on mitochondrial gene arrangements. J Mol Evol 1993; 36:545-54. [PMID: 8350349 DOI: 10.1007/bf00556359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Previous analyses have demonstrated that, among the echinoderms, the sea star (class: Asteroidea) mitochondrial genome contains a large inversion in comparison to the mitochondrial DNA of sea urchins (class: Echinoidea). Polymerase chain reaction amplification, DNA cloning, and sequencing have been used to examine the relationships of the brittle stars (class: Ophiuroidea) and sea cucumbers (class: Holothuroidea) to the sea stars and sea urchins. The DNA sequence of the regions spanning potential inversion junctions in both brittle stars and sea cucumbers has been determined. This study has also revealed a highly modified tRNA cluster in the ophiuroid mitochondrial genome. Our data indicate mitochondrial gene arrangement patterns that group the sea cucumbers with sea urchins and sea stars with brittle stars. This use of molecular characters clarifies the relationships among these classes.
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- M J Smith
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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Wolstenholme DR. Animal mitochondrial DNA: structure and evolution. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1992; 141:173-216. [PMID: 1452431 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62066-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1073] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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