THE COMPLETE NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA OF THE DOGFISH, SCYLIORHINUS-CANICULA

Authors
DELARBRE C SPRUYT N DELMARRE C GALLUT C BARRIEL V JANVIER P LAUDET V GACHELIN G
Citation
C. Delarbre et al., THE COMPLETE NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA OF THE DOGFISH, SCYLIORHINUS-CANICULA, Genetics, 150(1), 1998, pp. 331-344
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166731
Volume
150
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
331 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6731(1998)150:1<331:TCNOTM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondri al DNA (mtDNA) of the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. The 16,697-bp-lo ng mtDNA possesses a gene organization identical to that of the Osteic hthyes, but different from that of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. The main features of the mtDNA of osteichthyans were thus established in the common ancestor to chondrichthyans and osteichthyans. The phyl ogenetic analysis confirms that the Chondrichthyes are the sister grou p of the Osteichthyes.