Ruiz-Trillo, I and Paps, J and Loukota, M and Ribera, C and Jondelius, U and Baguñà, J and Riutort, M (2002) A phylogenetic analysis of myosin heavy chain type II sequences corroborates that Acoela and Nemertodermatida are basal bilaterians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99 (17). pp. 11246-11251. DOI https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.172390199
Ruiz-Trillo, I and Paps, J and Loukota, M and Ribera, C and Jondelius, U and Baguñà, J and Riutort, M (2002) A phylogenetic analysis of myosin heavy chain type II sequences corroborates that Acoela and Nemertodermatida are basal bilaterians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99 (17). pp. 11246-11251. DOI https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.172390199
Ruiz-Trillo, I and Paps, J and Loukota, M and Ribera, C and Jondelius, U and Baguñà, J and Riutort, M (2002) A phylogenetic analysis of myosin heavy chain type II sequences corroborates that Acoela and Nemertodermatida are basal bilaterians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99 (17). pp. 11246-11251. DOI https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.172390199
Abstract
<jats:p>Bilateria are currently subdivided into three superclades: Deuterostomia, Ecdysozoa, and Lophotrochozoa. Within this new taxonomic frame, acoelomate Platyhelminthes, for a long time held to be basal bilaterians, are now considered spiralian lophotrochozoans. However, recent 18S rDNA [small subunit (SSU)] analyses have shown Platyhelminthes to be polyphyletic with two of its orders, the Acoela and the Nemertodermatida, as the earliest extant bilaterians. To corroborate such position and avoid the criticisms of saturation and long-branch effects thrown on the SSU molecule, we have searched for independent molecular data bearing good phylogenetic information at deep evolutionary nodes. Here we report a phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences from the myosin heavy chain type II (myosin II) gene from a large set of metazoans, including acoels and nemertodermatids. Our study demonstrates, both for the myosin II data set alone and for a combined SSU + myosin II data set, that Platyhelminthes are polyphyletic and that acoels and nemertodermatids are the extant earliest bilaterians. Hence, the common bilaterian ancestor was not, as currently held, large and complex but small, simple, and likely with direct development. This scenario has far-reaching implications for understanding the evolution of major body plans and for perceptions of the Cambrian evolutionary explosion.</jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals; Cnidaria; Nonmuscle Myosin Type IIB; Myosin Heavy Chains; DNA Primers; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Phylogeny; Species Specificity; Base Sequence; Molecular Sequence Data; Biological Evolution |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics Q Science > QL Zoology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 14 Oct 2015 15:05 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 19:27 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/15089 |
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