Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 12, 1138-1150, Copyright © 1995 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
MS Springer, LJ Hollar and A Burk
12S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences from a suite of mammalian taxa (13
placentals, 4 marsupials, 1 monotreme), for which phylogenetic
relationships are well established based on independent criteria, were
employed to study the evolution of this gene. Phylogenetic analysis of 12S
sequences produces a phylogeny that agrees with expectations. Base
composition provides evidence for directional symmetrical substitution
pressure in loops; in stems, base composition is much more even. Rates of
nucleotide substitution are lower in stems than loops. Patterns of
nucleotide substitution show an overall preference for transitions over
transversions, with this difference more profound in stems than loops.
Among different transversion pathways, there is a wide range of
transformation frequencies. An analysis of compensatory substitutions shows
that there is strong evidence for their occurrence and that a weighting
factor of 0.61 should be applied in phylogenetic analyses to account for
the dependence of mutations at stem positions relative to positions where
changes are independent. Among stem variables (i.e., stem length,
interaction distance, substitution rates, G+C content, and the percentage
of bases that are paired), several significant correlations were
discovered, but stem length and interaction distance are uncorrelated with
other variables.
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Compensatory substitutions and the evolution of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene in mammals
Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA.
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