PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLETE SMALL-SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL-RNA CODING REGION OF MYXIDIUM-LIEBERKUEHNI - EVIDENCE THAT MYXOZOA ARE METAZOA AND RELATED TO THE BILATERIA

Authors
SCHLEGEL M LOM J STECHMANN A BERNHARD D LEIPE D DYKOVA I SOGIN ML
Citation
M. Schlegel et al., PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLETE SMALL-SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL-RNA CODING REGION OF MYXIDIUM-LIEBERKUEHNI - EVIDENCE THAT MYXOZOA ARE METAZOA AND RELATED TO THE BILATERIA, Archiv fur Protistenkunde, 147(1), 1996, pp. 1-9
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Archiv fur Protistenkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039365
Volume
147
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9365(1996)147:1<1:PAOCSR>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The phylogenetic position of Myxozoa relative to other eukaryotes has been controversial. During their complex life cycles they show both pr otist and metazoan characters. In contrast to their general classifica tion as protists, phylogenetic comparisons of the complete 16S-like rR NA sequence of the myxosporean Myxidium lieberkuehni with other, unice llular and metazoan sequences show that Myxozoa share a common evoluti onary history with Metazoa and are most closely related to the Bilater ia.