Dy. Zubakov et al., PHYLOGENY OF THE ENDEMIAL BAICALIIDAE MOLLUSKS INFERRED FROM PARTIAL NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCES OF THE CO1 MITOCHONDRIAL GENE, Molecular biology, 31(6), 1997, pp. 935-939
Partial (618 bp) nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial gene cytoch
rome oxidase subunit 1 were determined for 14 species belonging to the
endemial Baicaliidae family of molluscs. The usefulness of this mtDNA
region for molecular phylogenetic studies of this family was evaluate
d. Basing on the data obtained, interfamily phylogenetic links were re
constructed. A hypothesis is put forward concerning the earliest event
s in the evolution of the Baicaliidae molluscs.