Ribosomal DNA gene and phylogenetic relationships of Diplura and lower hexapods.
The monophyly of Diplura and its phylogenetic relationship with other hexapods are important for understanding the phylogeny of Hexapoda. The complete 18SrRNAgene and partial 28SrRNA gene (D3-D5 region) from 2 dipluran species (Campodeidae and Japygidae), 2 proturan species, 3 collembolan species, and 1 locust species were sequenced. Combining related sequences in GenBank, phylogenetic trees of Hexapoda were constructed by MP method using a crustacean Artemia salina as an outgroup. The results indicated that: (i) the integrated data of 18SrDNA and 28SrDNA could provide better phylogenetic information, which well supported the monophyly of Diplura; (ii) Diplura had a close phylogenetic relationship to Protura with high bootstrap support.
Luan
Yunxia
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Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200025, China.
Zhang
Yaping
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Yue
Qiaoyun
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Pang
Junfeng
J
Xie
Rongdong
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Yin
Wenying
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D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics
D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S