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Molecular Biology and Evolution 17:1417-1424 (2000)
© 2000 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Consistency of SINE Insertion Topology and Flanking Sequence Tree: Quantifying Relationships Among Cetartiodactyls

J. Koji Lum*, Masato Nikaido{dagger}, Mitsuru Shimamura{dagger}, Hidetoshi Shimodaira*, Andrew M. Shedlock*{dagger}, Norihiro Okada{dagger} and Masami Hasegawa2,*

*Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan; and
{dagger}Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

Short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) have been used to generate unambiguous phylogenetic topologies relating eukaryotic taxa. The irreversible nature of SINE retroposition is supported by a large body of comparative genome data and is a fundamental assumption inherent in the value of this qualitative method of inference. Here, we assess the key assumption of unidirectional SINE insertion by comparing the SINE insertion–derived topology and the phylogenetic tree based on seven independent loci of five taxa in the order Cetartiodactyla (Cetacea + Artiodactyla). The data sets and analyses were largely independent, but the loci were, by definition, linked, and thus their consistency supported an irreversible pattern of SINE retroposition. Moreover, our analyses of the flanking sequences provided estimates of divergence times among cetartiodactyl lineages unavailable from SINE insertion analysis alone. Unexpected rate heterogeneity among sites of SINE-flanking sequences and other noncoding DNA sequences were observed. Sequence simulations suggest that this rate heterogeneity may be an artifact resulting from the inaccuracies of the substitution model used.


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