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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 10, 296-305, Copyright © 1993 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Nucleotide sequence of the D-loop region of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) mitochondrial genome

MC Dillon and JM Wright
Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

We have amplified, by the polymerase chain reaction, and have sequenced the D-loop region of the mitochondrial DNA from the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). The sperm whale D-loop was aligned with D- loop sequences from four other cetaceans (Commerson's dolphin, orca, fin whale, and minke whale) and an out-group (cow). This alignment showed the sperm whale sequence to be larger than that of other cetaceans. In addition, some sequence blocks were highly conserved among all six species, suggesting roles in the functioning of mitochondrial DNA. Other blocks that were previously reported to be well conserved among cetaceans showed little sequence conservation with the sperm whale D-loop, which argues against the functional importance of these sequence blocks in cetaceans.
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