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SUBMITTER: Janke A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1088649 | biostudies-other | 2001 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Janke A A Erpenbeck D D Nilsson M M Arnason U U
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20010301 1467
The complete mitochondrial genomes of two reptiles, the common iguana (Iguana iguana) and the caiman (Caiman crocodylus), were sequenced in order to investigate phylogenetic questions of tetrapod evolution. The addition of the two species allows analysis of reptilian relationships using data sets other than those including only fast-evolving species. The crocodilian mitochondrial genomes seem to have evolved generally at a higher rate than those of other vertebrates. Phylogenetic analyses of 288 ...[more]