title: Cladistic analysis of ribosomal RNAs--the phylogeny of eukaryotes with respect to the endosymbiotic theory.
abstract: A strict cladistic analysis of 5S and 16S rRNA secondary and primary structure confirms particular hypotheses concerning the phylogeny of eukaryotes: plastids of Euglena, green algae and land plants, and the cyanelle of Cyanophora share a specific character and are closely related to cyanobacteria of the Synechococcus-type. Angiosperm mitochondria share specific signatures with the alpha subdivision of rhodobacteria. Cyanophora is a member of the Euglenozoa, the Oomycetes are derived from a group of heterokont algae.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Dahlem, F.R.G.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolters
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics*; D007256:Information Systems; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S / Q000235:genetics; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S