Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 6, 399-411, Copyright © 1989 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
RH Crozier, YC Crozier and AG Mackinlay
The sequence of a region of honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica)
mitochondrial DNA, which contains the genes for cytochrome c oxidase
subunits I and II (CO-I and CO-II) and inferred genes for tRNA(Asp),
tRNA(Leu)UUR, tRNA(Lys), and tRNA(Trp), is presented. The region includes
the segment previously identified as incurring a length increase in some
other bee strains, including Africanized bees. The sequence information of
this study and of that by Vlasak et al. shows that several shifts of tRNA
genes have occurred between Apis and Drosophila, but shifts of other kinds
of genes have yet to be demonstrated. The CO-I and CO-II gene sequences are
both more A+T rich than are the corresponding Drosophila genes. Parsimony
analyses using the mouse and Xenopus sequences as outgroups show
significantly more amino acid substitutions on the branch to Apis (120)
than on that to Drosophila (44), indicating a difference in the long-term
evolutionary rates of hymenopteran and dipteran mtDNA.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The CO-I and CO-II region of honeybee mitochondrial DNA: evidence for variation in insect mitochondrial evolutionary rates
School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
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