Publication Date:
1994-09-16
Description:
The evolutionary origins of the protistan phylum, Myxozoa, have long been questioned. Although these obligate parasites are like protozoans in many features, several aspects of their ontogeny and morphology have implied a closer relationship to metazoan lineages. Phylogenetic analyses of 18S ribosomal RNA sequences from myxozoans and other eukaryotes, with the use of parsimony, distance, and maximum-likelihood methods, support the hypothesis that myxozoans are closely related to the bilateral animals. These results suggest that the Myxozoa, long considered an assemblage of protozoans, should be considered a metazoan phylum.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Smothers, J F -- von Dohlen, C D -- Smith, L H Jr -- Spall, R D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 16;265(5179):1719-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello 83209.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8085160" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Base Sequence
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Biological Evolution
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Eukaryota/*classification/genetics
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Likelihood Functions
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Parasites/*classification/genetics
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Phylogeny
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Probability
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RNA, Protozoan/genetics
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RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/*genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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