Mitochondrial DNA sequence of cytochrome oxidase II from Calliphora erythrocephala: evolution of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

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 othe...

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Published in:Annals of the Entomological Society of America 1996-01, Vol.89 (1), p.28-36
Main Authors: Smith, S.M. (Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN.), Fuerst, P, Mecklenburg, K.L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ADN
AMINO ACID SEQUENCES
Biological and medical sciences
Calliphora erythrocephala
CALLIPHORA VICINA
CALLIPHORIDAE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMPLEMENTARY DNA
COMPOSICION QUIMICA
COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE
CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE
Diptera
DNA
FILOGENIA
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Insecta
Invertebrates
MITOCHONDRIA
MITOCHONDRIE
MITOCONDRIA
molecular sequence data
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE
OXIDOREDUCTASES
OXIDORREDUCTASAS
OXYDOREDUCTASE
PHYLOGENIE
PHYLOGENY
SECUENCIA NUCLEOTIDICA
SEQUENCE NUCLEOTIDIQUE
Systematics. Geographical distribution
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0013-8746
1938-2901
DOI:10.1093/aesa/89.1.28