Molecular evolution of mitochondrial 12S RNA and cytochrome b sequences in the pantherine lineage of Felidae |
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Authors: | Janczewski DN; Modi WS; Stephens JC; O'Brien SJ |
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Institution: | Biological Carcinogenesis and Development Program, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland, USA. |
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Abstract: | DNA sequence comparisons of two mitochondrial DNA genes were used to infer
phylogenetic relationships among 17 Felidae species, notably 15 in the
previously described pantherine lineage. The polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) was used to generate sequences of 358 base pairs of the mitochondrial
12S RNA gene and 289 base pairs of the cytochrome b protein coding gene.
DNA sequences were compared within and between 17 felid and five nonfelid
carnivore species. Evolutionary trees were constructed using phenetic,
cladistic, and maximum likelihood algorithms. The combined results
suggested several phylogenetic relationships including (1) the recognition
of a recently evolved monophyletic genus Panthera consisting of Panthera
leo, P. pardus, P. onca, P. uncia, P. tigris, and Neofelis nebulosa; (2)
the recent common ancestry of Acinonyx jubatus, the African cheetah, and
Puma concolor, the American puma; and (3) two golden cat species, Profelis
temmincki and Profelis aurata, are not sister species, and the latter is
strongly associated with Caracal caracal. These data add to the growing
database of vertebrate mtDNA sequences and, given the relatively recent
divergence among the felids represented here (1-10 Myr), allow 12S and
cytochrome b sequence evolution to be addressed over a time scale different
from those addressed in most work on vertebrate mtDNA.
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