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Molecular relationships between closely related strains and species of nematodes.

Journal of molecular evolution ·Vol. 18 ·No. 1 ·1981-00-00 ·Pages 18-23

Butler MH, Wall SM, Luehrsen KR, Fox GE, Hecht RM

Abstract

Electrophoretic comparisons have been made for 24 enzymes in the Bergerac and Bristol strains of Caenorhabditis elegans and the related species, Caenorhabditis briggsae. No variation was detected between the two strains of C. elegans. In contrast, the two species, C. elegans and C. briggsae exhibited electrophoretic differences in 22 of 24 enzymes. A consensus 5S rRNA sequence was determined for C. elegans and found to be identical to that from C. briggsae. By analogy with other species with relatively well established fossil records it can be inferred that the time of divergence between the two nematode species is probably in the tens of millions of years. The limited anatomical evolution during a time period in which proteins undergo extensive changes supports the hypothesis that anatomical evolution is not dependent on overall protein changes.

MeSH Terms
Base Sequence Biological Evolution Electrophoresis, Starch Gel Enzymes/analysis,genetics Macromolecular Substances Nematoda/enzymology,genetics Polymorphism, Genetic RNA, Ribosomal/analysis
Chemicals
Enzymes Macromolecular Substances RNA, Ribosomal
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Butler M H
Wall S M
Luehrsen K R
Fox G E
Hecht R M
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of molecular evolution
Abbr.
J Mol Evol
ISSN
0022-2844
DOI
10.1007/BF01733207
Published
1981-00-00
Pages
18-23
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0360051
Subset
IM
Grants
NICHD NIH HHS · HD 11071 · United States
Databases
GENBANK
M13912
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF01733207 View journal details
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