Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (17)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Thollesson, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Thollesson, M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

J. Moll. Stud. (1999), 65, 335-353
© The Malacological Society of London 1999

Phylogenetic analysis of dorid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Doridacea) using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene

Mikael Thollesson

Department of Zoology, Göteborg University, PO Box 463, SE-405 Göteborg, Sweden

A 400 bp region of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene was sequenced in 24 dorid nudibranch species. In addition a dendronotid nudibranch and a notaspidean were sequenced for use as outgroup. The sequences were characterized with respect to spatial variation and secondary structure. The data were analysed using parsimony, exploring the effects of alignment and weighting on the optimal hypothesis, and a distance analysis was also performed. The optimal hypotheses differed between the analyses, although the clades with substantial bootstrap proportions were usually present in all cases. These clades are in general congruent with existing classifications, and correspond to relationships within family level taxa. The relationships between these clades were inconclusive and the monophyletic status of higher taxa of particular interest (e.g., Eudoridoidea, Anadoridoidea) could neither be corroborated nor dismissed.

Present address: Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA

(Received 14 May 1998; accepted 29 October 1998)


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Mol Biol EvolHome page
C. Grande, J. Templado, J. Lucas Cervera, and R. Zardoya
The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Nudibranch Roboastra europaea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Supports the Monophyly of Opisthobranchs
Mol. Biol. Evol., October 1, 2002; 19(10): 1672 - 1685.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.