NDLI: The Use of the Nuclear Protein-Encoding Gene, RNA Polymerase II, for Tick Molecular Systematics

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Author	Fang, Quentin Keirans, James E. Mixson, Tonya
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Phylogenetic studies of ticks have been increasing in recent years, particularly in the use of molecular data. However, all of the studies to date are either limited to the mitochondrial genome or to a few nuclear ribosomal genes. There is a need to explore the use of nuclear protein-encoding genes because these genes direct most aspects of the phenotypic traits in the development of an organism. We report here the test of a nuclear protein-encoding gene, RNA polymerase II, for the phylogenetic study of ticks. Thirty-eight ticks representing 26 species of hard and soft ticks were chosen for the study. The pairwise divergences among sampled species are ranged from 0.3 to 15.2% and most of the substitutions are transitions. In addition, the nucleotide composition is not obviously biased in POL II gene. The trees inferred from the POL II sequences using maximum parsimony (MP), neighbor joining (NJ), and maximum likelihood (ML) by PAUP* and MrBayes are largely concordant with the existing phylogenies. Our study demonstrated that POL II gene sequences contain strong phylogenetic signals in ticks at the generic and higher levels. POL II has proven to be a useful gene for resolving tick phylogeny.
Starting Page	69
Ending Page	75
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01688162
Journal	Experimental & Applied Acarology
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	1-4
e-ISSN	15729702
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2002-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Medicine Insect Science

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