Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Dirofilaria immitis of China based on COI and 12S rDNA genes.
In this paper, mtDNA gene cytochrome coxidase subunit I (COI) and small subunit ribosomal RNA (12S rDNA) were used to examine the phylogenetic position of Dirofilaria immitis from dogs and red pandas in the evolutionary tree of filarial. Different approaches, including minimal evolution (ME) and maximum parsimony (MP) from distance matrix and character state, were used to evaluate the evolutional relation between Dirofilaria spp. and other species included in the family Onchocercidae. Intra-specific variation was found in COI but not in 12S rDNA. D. immitis and D. repens appear to be sister species.
Huang
Hongsong
H
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu 610081, China.
Wang
Tao
T
Yang
Guangyou
G
Zhang
Zhihe
Z
Wang
Chengdong
C
Yang
Zhi
Z
Luo
Li
L
Liu
Li
L
Lan
Jingchao
J
Huang
Xiangming
X
D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000235:genetics*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001503:Ursidae / Q000469:parasitology
D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV