Alu elements and hominid phylogenetics.
Alu elements have inserted in primate genomes throughout the evolution of the order. One particular Alu lineage (Ye) began amplifying relatively early in hominid evolution and continued propagating at a low level as many of its members are found in a variety of hominid genomes. This study represents the first conclusive application of short interspersed elements, which are considered nearly homoplasy-free, to elucidate the phylogeny of hominids. Phylogenetic analysis of Alu Ye5 elements and elements from several other subfamilies reveals high levels of support for monophyly of Hominidae, tribe Hominini and subtribe Hominina. Here we present the strongest evidence reported to date for a sister relationship between humans and chimpanzees while clearly distinguishing the chimpanzee and human lineages.
Salem
Abdel-Halim
AH
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Ray
David A
DA
Xing
Jinchuan
J
Callinan
Pauline A
PA
Myers
Jeremy S
JS
Hedges
Dale J
DJ
Garber
Randall K
RK
Witherspoon
David J
DJ
Jorde
Lynn B
LB
Batzer
Mark A
MA
D020087:Alu Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015186:Hominidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D011323:Primates / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides