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- Title
Tunicate mitogenomics and phylogenetics: peculiarities of the Herdmania momus mitochondrial genome and support for the new chordate phylogeny.
- Authors
Singh, Tiratha Raj; Tsagkogeorga, Georgia; Delsuc, Frédéric; Blanquart, Samuel; Shenkar, Noa; Loya, Yossi; Douzery, Emmanuel Jp; Huchon, Dorothée
- Abstract
Tunicates represent a key metazoan group as the sister-group of vertebrates within chordates. The six complete mitochondrial genomes available so far for tunicates have revealed distinctive features. Extensive gene rearrangements and particularly high evolutionary rates have been evidenced with regard to other chordates. This peculiar evolutionary dynamics has hampered the reconstruction of tunicate phylogenetic relationships within chordates based on mitogenomic data.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2009, Vol 10, p534
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-10-534