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Large differences in substitutional pattern and evolutionary rate of 12S ribosomal RNA genes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 1996
Simon C, Nigro L, Sullivan J, Holsinger K, Martin A, Grapputo A, Franke A, McIntosh C
Abstract excerpt
We demonstrate using Drosophila, periodical cicadas, and hominid primates, that the molecular clock based on animal mitochondrial small-subunit (12S) rRNA genes ticks at significantly different relative rates depending on which taxa and which region of the gene are examined. Drosophila, which are commonly used as model taxa, are evolving in a highly peculiar manner with the majority of sites in the 3' half of the...
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