Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 13, 691-698, Copyright © 1996 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
X Xu and U Arnason
The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of the gorilla was
sequenced. The entire sequence, 16,412 nucleotides, was determined by
analysis of natural (not polymerase chain reaction) restriction fragments
covering the whole molecule. The sequence was established from one
individual and thus nonchimeric. After comparison with the COII gene of
gorilla specimens with known geographical origin, the sequence was
identified as characteristic of the Western lowland gorilla, Gorilla
gorilla gorilla. With the exception of the NADH2 gene, all genes have a
methionine start codon. The inferred start codon of NADH2 is ATT
(isoleucine). The COIII, NASDH4, and cytochrome b genes are not terminated
by a stop codon triplet, and the COI gene is probably terminated by an AAA
triplet rather than by a regular stop codon. The great majority of genic
sequences (rRNAs, peptide-coding genes, tRNAs) of the complete mtDNAs of
Gorilla, Pan, and Homo show a greater similarity between Pan and Homo than
between either of these genera to Gorilla. The analysis of the
peptide-coding genes suggest that relative to comparison between Homo and
Pan a certain degree of transition saturation has taken place in codon
position 3 in comparisons between Gorilla to either Homo or Pan.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
A complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the western lowland gorilla
Division of Evolutionary Molecular Systematics, University of Lund, Sweden.
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