The Biology of Latimeria chalumnae and Evolution of Coelacanths. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, Volume 12.John A. Musick , Michael N. Bruton , Eugene K. Balon

Axel Meyer

doi:10.1086/418229

The Biology of Latimeria chalumnae and Evolution of Coelacanths. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, Volume 12.John A. Musick , Michael N. Bruton , Eugene K. Balon

The Quarterly Review of Biology ◽

10.1086/418229 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 68 (3) ◽

pp. 444-445

Author(s):

Axel Meyer

Keyword(s):

Environmental Biology ◽

Latimeria Chalumnae

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Zur Knochen- und Zahnhistologie von Latimeria chalumnae Smith und einiger Fossilformen

10.1007/978-3-662-24638-2 ◽

1961 ◽

Author(s):

A. Bernhauser

Keyword(s):

Latimeria Chalumnae

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The Complete DNA Sequence of the Mitochondrial Genome of a “Living Fossil,” the Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/146.3.995 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 146 (3) ◽

pp. 995-1010 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rafael Zardoya ◽

Axel Meyer

Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Genome ◽

Tandem Repeats ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Large Data ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Phylogenetic Position ◽

Data Set ◽

Living Fossil ◽

Latimeria Chalumnae ◽

Relationship Of

The complete nucleotide sequence of the 16,407-bp mitochondrial genome of the coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) was determined. The coelacanth mitochondrial genome order is identical to the consensus vertebrate gene order which is also found in all ray-finned fishes, the lungfish, and most tetrapods. Base composition and codon usage also conform to typical vertebrate patterns. The entire mitochondrial genome was PCR-amplified with 24 sets of primers that are expected to amplify homologous regions in other related vertebrate species. Analyses of the control region of the coelacanth mitochondrial genome revealed the existence of four 22-bp tandem repeats close to its 3′ end. The phylogenetic analyses of a large data set combining genes coding for rRNAs, tRNA, and proteins (16,140 characters) confirmed the phylogenetic position of the coelacanth as a lobe-finned fish; it is more closely related to tetrapods than to ray-finned fishes. However, different phylogenetic methods applied to this largest available molecular data set were unable to resolve unambiguously the relationship of the coelacanth to the two other groups of extant lobe-finned fishes, the lungfishes and the tetrapods. Maximum parsimony favored a lungfish/coelacanth or a lungfish/tetrapod sistergroup relationship depending on which transversion:transition weighting is assumed. Neighbor-joining and maximum likelihood supported a lungfish/tetrapod sistergroup relationship.

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