Determination of the evolutionary relationships in Rattus sensu lato (Rodentia : Muridae) using L1 (LINE-1) amplification events |
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Authors: | Olivier Verneau François Catzeflis Anthony V Furano |
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Institution: | (1) Section on Genomic Structure and Function, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830, USA, US |
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Abstract: | We determined ∼215 bp of DNA sequence from the 3′-untranslated region (UTR) of 240 cloned L1 (LINE-1) elements isolated from
22 species of Rattus sensu lato and Rattus sensu stricto murine rodents. The sequences were sorted into different L1 subfamilies, and oligonucleotides cognate to them
were hybridized to genomic DNA of various taxa. From the distribution of the L1 subfamilies in the various species, we inferred
the partial phylogeny of Rattus sensu lato. The four Maxomys species comprise a well-defined clade separate from a monophyletic cluster that contains the two Leopoldamys and four Niviventer species. The Niviventer/Leopoldamys clade, in turn, shares a node with the clade that contains Berylmys, Sundamys, Bandicota, and Rattus sensu stricto. The evolutionary relationships that we deduced agree with and significantly extend the phylogeny of Rattus sensu lato established by other molecular criteria. Furthermore, the L1 amplification events scored here produced a unique
phylogenetic tree, that is, in no case did a character (a given L1 amplification event) appear on more than one branch. The
lack of homoplasy found in this study supports the robustness of L1 amplification events as phylogenetic markers for the study
of mammalian evolution.
Received: 8 November 1996 / Accepted: 11 April 1997 |
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Keywords: | : LINE-1 — Repeat DNA — Rattus— Rodent — Phylogeny — Evolution |
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