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SUBMITTER: Castresana J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1460392 | biostudies-other | 1998 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Castresana J J Feldmaier-Fuchs G G Yokobori S S Satoh N N Pääbo S S
Genetics 19981101 3
The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the hemichordate Balanoglossus carnosus (acorn worm) was determined. The arrangement of the genes encoding 13 protein, 22 tRNA, and 2 rRNA genes is essentially the same as in vertebrates, indicating that the vertebrate and hemichordate mitochondrial gene arrangement is close to that of their common ancestor, and, thus, that it has been conserved for more than 600 million years, whereas that of echinoderms has been rearranged extensi ...[more]