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- Title
PHYLOGENY OF ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE BASED ON COXIII GENE SEQUENCE DATA.
- Authors
Hewitt, D.; Karol, K. G.; McCourt, R. M.
- Abstract
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the conjugating green algae (Class Zygnemophyceae) using nuclear (SSU rDNA) and chloroplast ( rbcL) gene sequences has resolved hypotheses of relationship at the class, order, and family levels, but several key questions will require data from additional genes. Based on SSU and rbcL sequences, the Zygnemophyceae and Desmidiales are monophyletic, and families of placoderm desmids are distinct clades (Desmidiaceae, Peniaceae, Closteriaceae, and Gonatozygaceae). In contrast, the Zygnemataceae and Mesotaeniaceae are paraphyletic, although whether these two traditional families constitute a clade is uncertain. In addition, relationships of genera within families have proven resistant to resolution with these two oft-used genes. We have sequenced the coxIII gene from the mitochondrial genome to address some of these ambiguous portions of the phylogeny of conjugating green algae. The coxIII gene is more variable than rbcL or SSU rDNA and offers greater resolving power for relationships of genera. We present preliminary analyses of coxIII sequences from each of the traditional families of Zygnemophyceae and contrast the resulting topologies with those derived from nuclear and chloroplast genes.
- Subjects
PHYLOGENY; ZYGNEMATALES; NUCLEOTIDE sequence
- Publication
Journal of Phycology, 2000, Vol 36, p30
- ISSN
0022-3646
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.00001-90.x