title: The primary structure of Harpalus rufipes 5S ribosomal RNA: a contribution for understanding insect evolution.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of 5S ribosomal RNA from the beetle Harpalus rufipes was determined and compared with primary structures of other insect 5S rRNAs. Sequence differences between two beetle 5S rRNAs may represent phylogenetic markers specific for two groups of Coleoptera - Adephaga and Polyphaga. Analysis of all insect sequences using parsimony allowed us to infer a phylogenetic tree of insects, which is consistent with morphological and paleobiological data.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Barciszewska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gawronski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szymanski
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S