Molecular Biology and Evolution 17:1091-1100 (2000)
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Mitochondrial Sequence Evolution in Spiders: Intraspecific Variation in tRNAs Lacking the T
C Arm
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences from three species of Habronattus jumping spiders (Chelicerata: Arachnida: Araneae) reveal unusual inferred tRNA secondary structures and gene arrangements, providing new information on tRNA evolution within chelicerate arthropods. Sequences from the protein-coding genes NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (ND1), cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), and subunit II (COII) were obtained, along with tRNA, tRNA, and large-subunit ribosomal RNA (16S) sequences; these revealed several peculiar features. First, inferred secondary structures of tRNA and, likely, tRNA, lack the T
C arm and the variable arm and therefore do not form standard cloverleaf structures. In place of these arms is a 5–6-nt T arm-variable loop (TV) replacement loop such as that originally described from nematode mitochondrial tRNAs. Intraspecific variation occurs in the acceptor stem sequences in both tRNAs. Second, while the proposed secondary structure of the 3' end of 16S is similar to that reported for insects, the sequence at the 5' end is extremely divergent, and the entire gene is truncated about 300 nt with respect to Drosophila yakuba. Third, initiation codons appear to consist of ATY (ATT and ATC) and TTG for ND1 and COII, respectively. Finally, Habronattus shares the same ND1-tRNA-16S gene arrangement as insects and crustaceans, thus illustrating variation in a tRNA gene arrangement previously proposed as a character distinguishing chelicerates from insects and crustaceans.
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