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  • 1
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    Molecular Timing of Primate Divergences as Estimated by Two Nonprimate Calibration Points (1998)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 47 (1998), S. 718-727 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Key words: Primate evolution — Hominoidea — Cercopithecoidea — Calibration points — Hominoid dogma
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract. The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of the hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas, was sequenced and included in a molecular analysis of 24 complete mammalian mtDNAs. The particular aim of the study was to time the divergence between Cercopithecoidea and Hominoidea. That divergence, set at 30 million years before present (MYBP) was a fundamental reference for the original proposal of recent hominoid divergences, according to which the split among gorilla, chimpanzee, and Homo took place 5 MYBP. In the present study the validity of the postulated 30 MYBP dating of the Cercopithecoidea/Hominoidea divergence was examined by applying two independent nonprimate molecular references, the divergence between artiodactyls and cetaceans set at 60 MYBP and that between Equidae and Rhinocerotidae set at 50 MYBP. After calibration for differences in evolutionary rates, application of the two references suggested that the Cercopithecoidea/Hominoidea divergence took place 〉50 MYBP. Consistent with the marked shift in the dating of the Cercopithecoidea/Hominoidea split, all hominoid divergences receive a much earlier dating. Thus the estimated date of the divergence between Pan (chimpanzee) and Homo is 10–13 MYBP and that between Gorilla and the Pan/Homo linage ≈17 MYBP. The same datings were obtained in an analysis of clocklike evolving genes. The findings show that recalculation is necessary of all molecular datings based directly or indirectly on a Cercopithecoidea/Hominoidea split 30 MYBP.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00006431
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    The Mitochondrial Genome of the Sperm Whale and a New Molecular Reference for Estimating Eutherian Divergence Dates (2000)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 50 (2000), S. 569-578 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Key words: Molecular references — Cetferungulata — Cetartiodactyla — Cetancodonta — Cetacea — Mysticeti — Odontoceti — Sperm whale
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract. Extant cetaceans are systematically divided into two suborders: Mysticeti (baleen whales) and Odontoceti (toothed whales). In this study, we have sequenced the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of an odontocete, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), and included it in phylogenetic analyses together with the previously sequenced complete mtDNAs of two mysticetes (the fin and blue whales) and a number of other mammals, including five artiodactyls (the hippopotamus, cow, sheep, alpaca, and pig). The most strongly supported cetartiodactyl relationship was: outgroup,((pig, alpaca),((cow, sheep),(hippopotamus,(sperm whale,(baleen whales))))). As in previous analyses of complete mtDNAs, the sister-group relationship between the hippopotamus and the whales received strong support, making both Artiodactyla and Suiformes (pigs, peccaries, and hippopotamuses) paraphyletic. In addition, the analyses identified a sister-group relationship between Suina (the pig) and Tylopoda (the alpaca), although this relationship was not strongly supported. The paleontological records of both mysticetes and odontocetes extend into the Oligocene, suggesting that the mysticete and odontocete lineages diverged 32–34 million years before present (MYBP). Use of this divergence date and the complete mtDNAs of the sperm whale and the two baleen whales allowed the establishment of a new molecular reference, O/M-33, for dating other eutherian divergences. There was a general consistency between O/M-33 and the two previously established eutherian references, A/C-60 and E/R-50. Cetacean (whale) origin, i.e., the divergence between the hippopotamus and the cetaceans, was dated to ≈55 MYBP, while basal artiodactyl divergences were dated to ≥65 MYBP. Molecular estimates of Tertiary eutherian divergences were consistent with the fossil record.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002390010060
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    The “Phoca standard”: An external molecular reference for calibrating recent evolutionary divergences (1996)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 43 (1996), S. 41-45 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA ; Molecular dating ; Hominids ; Homo ; Pan ; Gorilla ; Orangutan ; Phoca standard
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Comparison of the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the high-Arctic ringed seal (Phoca hispida) and the sub-Arctic harbour (P. vitulina) and grey (Halichoerus grypus) seals shows that they are genetically equidistant from one another. We relate the evolutionary divergence of the three species to expanding glaciation in the Arctic Basin and establish, in conjunction with mtDNA data, a standard reference for calibration of recent divergence events among mammalian taxa. In the present study, we apply the “Phoca standard” to the dating of divergences within the hominid phylogenetic tree. After determining the relative rates of substitution over all mitochondrial protein-coding genes in the different evolutionary lineages, we estimate that humans and chimpanzees diverged from each other 6.1 Mya (95% confidence limits: 5.2–6.9 Mya). The corresponding lower-limit divergence between common chimpanzee,Pan troglodytes, and pygmy chimpanzee,P. paniscus, occurred 3 (2.4–3.6) Mya, and the primary split within theP. troglodytes complex 1.6 (1.3–2.0) Mya. The analyses suggest that the split betweenGorilla andPan/Homo occurred 8.4 (7.3–9.4) Mya. They also suggest thatPongo (orangutan) and the lineage leading to gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans diverged 18.1 (16.5–19.6) Mya. The present analysis is independent of the hominid paleontological record and inferential morphological interpretations and thus is a novel approach to the lower-limit dating of recent divergences.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02352298
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    The nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial DNA molecule of the grey seal, Halichoerus grypus, and a comparison with mitochondrial sequences of other true seals (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 37 (1993), S. 323-330 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA ; Molecular phylogeny ; mtDNA relationships ; Pinnipedia ; Seals
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The sequence of the mtDNA of the grey seal, Halichoerus grypus, was determined. The length of the molecule was 16,797 base pairs. The organization of the molecule conformed with that of other eutherian mammals but the control region was unusually long due to the presence of two types of repeated motifs. The grey seal and the previously reported harbor seal, Phoca vitulina, belong to different but closely related genera of family Phocidae, true (or earless) seals. In order to determine the degree of differences that may occur between mtDNAs of closely related mammalian genera, the 2 rRNA genes, the 13 peptide coding genes, and the 22 tRNA genes of the 2 species were compared. Total nucleotide difference in the peptide coding genes was 2.0–6.1%. The range of conservative difference was 0.0–1.5%. In the inferred peptide sequences the amino acid difference was 0.0–4.5%, and the difference with respect to chemical properties of amino acids was 0.0–3.0%. A gene that showed a limited degree of difference in one mode of comparison did not necessarily show a corresponding limited difference in another mode. The ratio for differences in codon positions 1, 2, and 3 was ≈2.7:1:16. The corresponding ratio for conservative differences was ≈ 1.8:1. l:1. The evolutionary separation of the two species was calculated to have taken place 2–2.5 million years ago. This dating gives the figure ≈8 × 10−9 as the mean rate of substitution per site and year in the entire mtDNA molecule. Comparison with the cytochrome b gene of the Hawaiian monk seal and the Weddell seal suggested that the lineage of these two species and that of the grey and harbor seals separated ≈8 million years ago.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00178862
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    The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of the fin whale,Balaenoptera physalus (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 33 (1991), S. 556-568 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA ; Molecular phylogeny ; Cetaceans
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The composition of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the fin whale,Balaenoptera physalus, was determined. The length of the molecule is 16,398 bp, and its organization conforms with that of other mammals. The general similarity between the mtDNA of the fin whale and the cow is greater than the similarity between the fin whale and other species (human, mouse, rat) in which the composition of the entire molecule has been described. The D-loop region of the mtDNA of the fin whale is 81% identical to the D-loop of dolphin DNA, and the central portion of the D-loop is similar to the bovine D-loop. The accumulation of transversions and gaps in the 12S and 16S rRNA genes was assessed by comparing the fin whale, cow, and human. The sequence difference between human and the whale and human and the cow was at the same level, indicating that the rate of evolution of the mtDNA rRNA genes is about the same in artiodactyls and cetaceans. In the 12S rRNA gene an accumulation rate of 0.05% per million years places the separation of cetaceans and artiodactyls at about 55 million years ago. The corresponding figure for human and either the whale or the cow is about 80 million years. In the 16S rRNA gene a 0.08% accumulation rate of transversions and gaps per million years yields concurring figures. A comparison between the cytochromeb gene of the fin whale and cytochromeb sequences in the literature, including dolphin (Stenella) sequences, identified the cetaceans as monophyletic and the artiodactyls as their closest relatives. The comparison between the cytochromeb sequences of the fin whale andStenella showed that differences in codon positions one or two were frequently associated with a change in another codon position.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02102808
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    Pattern and timing of evolutionary divergences among hominoids based on analyses of complete mtDNAs (1996)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 43 (1996), S. 650-661 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA ; Molecular phylogeny ; Hominoidea ; Primates ; Molecular dating
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract We have examined and dated primate divergences by applying a newly established molecular/paleontological reference, the evolutionary separation between artiodactyls and cetaceans anchored at 60 million years before present (MYBP). Owing to the morphological transformations coinciding with the transition from terrestrial to aquatic (marine) life and the large body size of the animals (which makes their fossils easier to find), this reference can be defined, paleontologically, within much narrower time limits compared to any local primate calibration marker hitherto applied for dating hominoid divergences. Application of the artiodactyl/cetacean reference (A/C-60) suggests that hominoid divergences took place much earlier than has been concluded previously. According to a homogenous-rate model of sequence evolution, the primary hominoid divergence, i.e., that between the families Hylobatidae (gibbons) and Hominidae, was dated at ≈36 MYBP. The corresponding dating for the divergence betweenPongo (orangutan) andGorilla-Pan (chimpanzee)-Homo is ≈24.5 MYBP, that forGorilla vsHomo-Pan is ≈18 MYBP, and that forHomo vsPan ≈13.5 MYBP. The split between Sumatran and Bornean orangutans was dated at ≈10.5 MYBP and that between the common and pygmy chimpanzees at ≈7 MYBP. Analyses of a single gene (cytochromeb) suggest that the divergence within the Catarrhini, i.e., between Hominoidea and Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea), took place 〉40 MYBP; that within the Anthropoidea, i.e., between Catarrhini and Platyrrhini (New World monkeys), 〉60 MYBP; and that between Anthropoidea and Prosimii (lemur), ≈80 MYBP. These separation times are about two times more ancient than those applied previously as references for the dating of hominoid divergences. The present findings automatically imply a much slower evolution in hominoid DNA (both mitochondrial and nuclear) than commonly recognized.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02202113
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    Sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial DNA molecule of the hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, and the phylogenetic position of the Lipotyphla (1995)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 41 (1995), S. 952-957 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA ; Molecular phylogeny ; Lipotyphla ; Insectivores ; Erinaceidae ; Repeated motifs
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The sequence of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) was determined. The length of the sequence presented is 17,442 nucleotides (nt). The molecule is thus the largest eutherian mtDNA molecule so far reported. The organization of the molecule conforms with that of other eutherians, but the control region of the molecule is exceptionally long, 1,988 nt, due to the presence of repeated motifs at two different positions in the 3′ part of the control region. The length of the control region is not absolute due to pronounced heteroplasmy caused by variable numbers of the motif TACGCA in one of the repetitive regions. The sequence presented includes 46 repeats of this type. The other repeated region is composed of different AT-rich repeats. This region was identical among four clones studied. Comparison of mitochondrial peptide-coding genes identified a separate position of the hedgehog among several mammalian orders. The concatenated protein sequence of the 13 peptide-coding genes was used in a phylogenetic study using the opossum as outgroup. The position of the hedgehog sequence was basal among the other eutherian sequences included: human, rat, mouse, cow, blue whale, harbor seal, and horse. The analysis did not resolve the relationship among carnivores, perissodactyls, and artiodactyls/cetaceans, suggesting a closer relationship among these orders than acknowledged by classical approaches.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00173175
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    Comparison between the complete mtDNA sequences of the blue and the fin whale, two species that can hybridize in nature (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 37 (1993), S. 312-322 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA ; Mitochondrial species differences ; Molecular phylogeny ; Cetaceans ; Whalebone whales ; Species hybridization
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The sequence of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) was determined. The molecule is 16,402 by long and its organization conforms with that of other eutherian mammals. The molecule was compared with the mtDNA of the congeneric fin whale (B. physalus). It was recently documented that the two species can hybridize and that male offspring are infertile whereas female offspring may be fertile. The present comparison made it possible to determine the degree of mtDNA difference that occurs between two species that are not completely separated by hybridization incompatibility. The difference between the complete mtDNA sequences was 7.4%. Lengths of peptide coding genes were the same in both species. Except for a small portion of the control region, disruption in alignment was usually limited to insertion/deletion of a single nucleotide. Nucleotide differences between peptide coding genes ranged from 7.1 to 10.5%, and difference at the inferred amino acid level was 0.0–7.9%. In the rRNA genes the mean transition difference was 3.8%. This figure is similar in degree to the difference (3.4%) between the 12S rRNA gene of humans and the chimpanzee. The mtDNA differences between the two whale species, involving both peptide coding and rRNA genes, suggest an evolutionary separation of ⩾5 million years. Although hybridization between more distantly related mammalian species may not be excluded, it is probable that the blue and fin whales are nearly as different in their mtDNA sequences as hybridizing mammal species may be.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00178861
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    Comparison Between the Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequences of Homo and the Common Chimpanzee Based on Nonchimeric Sequences (1996)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 42 (1996), S. 145-152 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Key words: Mitochondrial DNA — Nonchimeric sequences — Molecular evolution —Homo— Chimpanzee
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract. The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules of Homo and of the common chimpanzee were sequenced. Each sequence was established from tissue of one individual and thus nonchimeric. Both sequences were assembled in their entirety from natural (not PCR amplified) clones. Comparison with sequences in the literature identified the chimpanzee specimen as Pan troglodytes verus, the West African variety of the species. The nucleotide difference between the complete human and chimpanzee sequences is 8.9%. The difference between the control regions of the two sequences is 13.9% and that between the remaining portions of the sequences 8.5%. The mean amino acid difference between the inferred products of the 13 peptide-coding genes is 4.4%. Sequences of the complete control regions, the complete 12S rRNA genes, the complete cytochrome b genes, and portions of the NADH4 and NADH5 genes of two other chimpanzee specimens showed that they were similar but strikingly different from the same regions of the completely sequenced molecule from Pan troglodytes verus. The two specimens were identified as Pan troglodytes troglodytes, the Central African variety of the common chimpanzee.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02198840
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    A molecular view of pinniped relationships with particular emphasis on the true seals (1995)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 40 (1995), S. 78-85 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Molecular phylogeny ; Cytochrome β ; Pinnipeds ; Phocidae ; Otariidae ; Odobenidae ; Ursids ; Felids
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Phylogenetic analysis of conservative nucleotide substitutions in 18 complete sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome β gene of Phocidae (true seals), Odobenidae (walruses), and Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals), plus three ursid and three felid sequences, identified the pinnipeds as monophyletic with Otariidae and Odobenidae on a common evolutionary branch. Analysis of total nucleotide differences separated the evolutionary lineages of northern and southern phocids. Both lineages are distinct from the most ancestral phocid genus, Monachus (monk seals), represented by the Hawaiian monk seal. The inclusion of the Hawaiian monk seal in the subfamily Monachinae makes the subfamily paraphyletic. Among the northern phocids, the hooded seal (genus Cystophora, chromosome number 2n = 34) is sister taxon to the Phoca complex. The Phoca complex, which is characterized by the chromosome number 2n = 32, includes genus Phoca and the monotypic genus Halichoerus (grey seal). The comparison does not support a generic distinction of Halichoerus within the Phoca complex. The present data suggest that Cystophora and Phoca separated ⩾6 million years ago. Among the southern phocids the close molecular relationship of the Weddell and leopard seals relative to their morphological distinction exemplifies rapid adaptation to different ecological niches. This result stands in contrast to the limited morphological differentiation relative to the pronounced molecular distinctions that may occur within the Phoca complex.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00166598
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