A novel family of short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) from cichlids: The patterns of insertion of SINEs at orthologous loci support monophyly of four major groups of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika
Par Takahashi, Kazuhiko, Y. Terai, N. Nishida, N. Okada
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 15(4):391-407 avr.-1998
" Short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) have been shown to be excellent markers of molecular phylogeny, since the integration of a SINE at a particular position in a genome can be considered an unambiguous derived homologous character. In the present study, we isolated a new family of SINEs from cichlids in Lake Tanganyika, whose speciation and diversification have been regarded as prime examples of explosive adaptive radiation. Members of this new SINE family, which we named the AFC family, are about 320 bp in length, and each has a tRNArelated region in its 59 region, as do most of the members of SINE families reported to date. A dot blot hybridization experiment showed that this family is distributed extensively in the genomes of cichlids in Africa, with estimated copy numbers of 2000–20,000 per haploid genome. Our investigations of the patterns of insertion of members of this family at six orthologous loci demonstrated clearly that four previously identified tribes, namely, the Lamprologini, Ectodini, Tropheini, and Perissodini, each form a monophyletic group. These results provide a basis for the elucidation of the phylogenetic framework of the cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika. "
Classement: Taxonomie et phylogénie.
Langue: English
Références bibliographiques pour l'espèce (1)
Takahashi, Kazuhiko & Y. Terai, N. Nishida, N. Okada. 1998. "A novel family of short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) from cichlids: The patterns of insertion of SINEs at orthologous loci support monophyly of four major groups of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15(4):391-407 (crc01366) (résumé)