Molecular Biology and Evolution 17:1123-1125 (2000)
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Phylogenies Inferred from Mitochondrial Gene Orders—A Cautionary Tale from the Parasitic Flatworms
*Molecular Parasitology Unit, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, The University of Queensland and The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;
Zoology and Tropical Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia;
Laboratory of Environmental Health Science, Kochi Medical School, Oko, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan;
§Zoology Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, England;
||USDA, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, Beltsville, Maryland
Mitochondrial genomes have been used in numerous studies to investigate phylogenetic relationships among eukaryotes at many levels (e.g., Smith et al. 1993
; Boore et al. 1995
; Boore, Lavrov, and Brown 1998
). In recent years, the arrangement of genes in the mitochondrial genome has been regarded as a powerful record of historical relationships (Boore 1999
). Changes in mitochondrial gene order are infrequent, even over considerable spans of time (Boore 1999
), and are unlikely to exhibit homoplasy. Our research has focused on the relationships between two groups of human blood flukes within the genus Schistosoma. Our investigations on the mitochondrial genomes of these worms revealed striking divergences in mitochondrial gene order within the genus.
The schistosomes are among the most significant parasites of humans in the developing world. The disease they cause, schistosomiasis, is second only to malaria in public health importance, affecting
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