ARTIODACTYL INTERSPERSED DNA REPEATS IN CETACEAN GENOMES

Authors
BUNTJER JB HOFF IA LENSTRA JA
Citation
Jb. Buntjer et al., ARTIODACTYL INTERSPERSED DNA REPEATS IN CETACEAN GENOMES, Journal of molecular evolution, 45(1), 1997, pp. 66-69
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Biology
Journal title
Journal of molecular evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222844
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
66 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2844(1997)45:1<66:AIDRIC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Interspersed repeats that emerged at different evolutionary times are informative in mammalian phylogeny. Here we show that the ancient shor t interspersed elements (SINEs) ARE1 and ARE2 are abundantly present i n the genomes of artiodactyls and cetaceans but not in other mammalian genomes. This supports the classification of the cetaceans with the a rtiodactyls by a shared character that is unlikely to be the result of convergence.