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Does hybridization increase evolutionary rate? Data from the 28S-rDNA D8 domain in echinoderms.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Nov 2008
Chenuil Anne, Egea Emilie, Rocher Caroline, Touzet Hélène, Féral Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
The divergent domain D8 of the large ribosomal RNA is very variable and extended in vertebrates compared to other eukaryotes. We provide data from 31 species of echinoderms and present the first comparative analysis of the D8 in nonvertebrate deuterostomes. In addition, we obtained 16S mitochondrial DNA sequences for the sea urchin taxa and analyzed single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) of D8 in several...
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