Article
Unusually high evolutionary rate of the elongation factor 1 alpha genes from the Ciliophora and its impact on the phylogeny of eukaryotes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Feb 1999
Moreira D, Le Guyader H, Philippe H
Abstract excerpt
The elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) has become widely employed as a phylogenetic marker for studying eukaryotic evolution. However, a disturbing problem, the artifactual polyphyly of ciliates, is always observed. It has been suggested that the addition of new sequences will help to circumvent this problem. Thus, we have determined 15 new ciliate EF-1 alpha sequences, providing for a more comprehensive...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Ciliophora
- Eukaryotic Cells
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Likelihood Functions
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Elongation Factor 1
- Peptide Elongation Factors