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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 6, 243-257, Copyright © 1989 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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srRNA evolution and phylogenetic relationships of the genus Naegleria (Protista: Rhizopoda)

PR Baverstock, S Illana, PE Christy, BS Robinson and AM Johnson
Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, Adelaide.

A rapid RNA sequencing technique was used to partially sequence the small-subunit ribosomal RNA (srRNA) of four species of the amoeboid genus Naegleria. The extent of nucleotide sequence divergence between the two most divergent species was roughly similar to that found between mammals and frogs. However, the pattern of variation among the Naegleria species was quite different from that found for those species of tetrapods characterized to date. A phylogenetic analysis of the consensus Naegleria sequence showed that Naegleria was not monophyletic with either Acanthamoeba castellanii or Dictyostelium discoideum, two other amoebas for which sequences were available. It was shown that the semiconserved regions of the srRNA molecule evolve in a clocklike fashion and that the clock is time dependent rather than generation dependent.
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