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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 6, 131-154, Copyright © 1989 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Patterns of ribosomal RNA evolution in salamanders

A Larson and AC Wilson
Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley.

Sequence comparisons are presented for four segments of the large subunit of ribosomal RNA, including divergent domains D7a and D7b, portions of the large divergent domains D2, D3, and D8, and evolutionarily conservative sequences flanking divergent domains. These results resolve phylogenetic relationships among exemplars of seven families of salamanders and the three amphibian orders. Phylogenetic analysis confirms the prediction that divergent domains feature the highest relative rates of base substitution and length variation within the ribosome, but the divergent domains evolve more slowly than nuclear noncoding DNA and the silent sites of structural genes. Base substitutions demonstrate approximately twice as many transitions as transversions and an uneven distribution among sites within the divergent domains but no apparent bias in base composition. Length mutations are primarily small insertions and deletions, with deletions predominating. The divergent domains appear to be a good source of phylogenetic information for evolutionary events occurring approximately 100-200 million years ago.
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