학술논문
Mitochondrial Dna Sequence of Cytochrome Oxidase II from Calliphora erythrocephala: Evolution of Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Document Type
Article
Source
Annals of the Entomological Society of America; January 1996, Vol. 89 Issue: 1 p28-28, 1p
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ISSN
00138746; 19382901
Abstract
The complementary DNA sequence for the mitochondrially encoded cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COII) gene was determined for the blowfly Calliphora erythrocephala Meigen. The sequence has a high A+T content (73%) typical of some insect mitochondrial genomes. The sequence is highly conserved with other Calliphoridae thus far examined, exhibiting between 5.1 and 8.9% nucleotide difference, 3 amino acid substitutions in the body of the protein, and length variation at the carboxy-terminus. Evolutionary analysis using maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood supports the traditional monophyletic grouping of the Calliphoridae and suggests that the Calliphora sequence is more closely related to the blowfly Phormia regina Meigen than it is to Lucillia illustris Meigen or Phaenicia sericata Meigen.