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Molecular Biology and Evolution 18:721-730 (2001)
© 2001 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Complete Sequence of the Mitochondrial Genome of the Tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta: Gene Arrangements Indicate that Platyhelminths Are Eutrochozoans

Markus von Nickisch-Rosenegk,, Wesley M. Brown and Jeffrey L. Boore

*Department of Biology, University of Michigan;
{dagger}Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and
{ddagger}DOE Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Walnut Creek, California

Using "long-PCR," we amplified in overlapping fragments the complete mitochondrial genome of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) and determined its 13,900-nt sequence. The gene content is the same as that typically found for animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) except that atp8 appears to be lacking, a condition found previously for several other animals. Despite the small size of this mtDNA, there are two large noncoding regions, one of which contains 13 repeats of a 31-nt sequence and a potential stem-loop structure of 25 bp with an 11-member loop. Large potential secondary structures were identified also for the noncoding regions of two other cestode mtDNAs. Comparison of the mitochondrial gene arrangement of H. diminuta with those previously published supports a phylogenetic position of flatworms as members of the Eutrochozoa, rather than placing them basal to either a clade of protostomes or a clade of coelomates.


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