Molluscan mitochondrial genomes break the rules

F Ghiselli, A Gomes-dos-Santos… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The first animal mitochondrial genomes to be sequenced were of several vertebrates and
model organisms, and the consistency of genomic features found has led to a 'textbook …

The contribution of molecular data to our understanding of cephalopod evolution and systematics: a review

AL Allcock, A Lindgren, JM Strugnell - Journal of Natural History, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The first DNA sequence of a cephalopod was published in 1983 and the first molecular
paper focusing on cephalopods was published in 1994. In this review we trace progress in …

Evidence for multiple reversals of asymmetric mutational constraints during the evolution of the mitochondrial genome of Metazoa, and consequences for phylogenetic …

A Hassanin, N Leger, J Deutsch - Systematic biology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences are commonly used for inferring phylogenetic
relationships. However, the strand-specific bias in the nucleotide composition of the mtDNA …

Complete mtDNA Sequence of the North American Freshwater Mussel, Lampsilis ornata (Unionidae): An Examination of the Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of …

JM Serb, C Lydeard - Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Molluscs in general, and bivalves in particular, exhibit an extraordinary degree of
mitochondrial gene order variation when compared with other metazoans. Two factors …

Complete Sequences of the Highly Rearranged Molluscan Mitochondrial Genomes of the Scaphopod Graptacme eborea and the Bivalve Mytilus edulis

JL Boore, M Medina… - Molecular biology and …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We have determined the complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the scaphopod
mollusk Graptacme eborea (14,492 nts) and completed the sequence of the mitochondrial …

Investigation of molluscan phylogeny using large-subunit and small-subunit nuclear rRNA sequences

YJ Passamaneck, C Schander, KM Halanych - … Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2004 - Elsevier
The Mollusca represent one of the most morphologically diverse animal phyla, prompting a
variety of hypotheses on relationships between the major lineages within the phylum based …

Mitochondrial genome data alone are not enough to unambiguously resolve the relationships of Entognatha, Insecta and Crustacea sensu lato (Arthropoda)

SL Cameron, KB Miller, CA D'Haese, MF Whiting… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
An analysis of the relationships of the major arthropod groups was undertaken using
mitochondrial genome data to examine the hypotheses that Hexapoda is polyphyletic and …

The Complete Maternal and Paternal Mitochondrial Genomes of the Mediterranean Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: Implications for the Doubly Uniparental …

A Mizi, E Zouros, N Moschonas… - Molecular Biology and …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The maternal (F) and paternal (M) mitochondrial genomes of the mussel Mytilus
galloprovincialis have diverged by about 20% in nucleotide sequence but retained identical …

Evolution of the deep-sea gulper eel mitochondrial genomes: large-scale gene rearrangements originated within the eels

JG Inoue, M Miya, K Tsukamoto… - Molecular biology and …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies have demonstrated that deviations from the typical vertebrate mitochondrial
gene order are more frequent than initially thought. Such deviations, however, are minor …

Long-term conservation of six duplicated structural genes in cephalopod mitochondrial genomes

S Yokobori, N Fukuda, M Nakamura… - Molecular biology …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of three
cephalopods, Octopus vulgaris (Octopodiformes, Octopoda, Incirrata), Todarodes pacificus …