Journal Molluscan Studies Advance Access originally published online on September 21, 2005
Journal of Molluscan Studies 2006 72(1):105-110; doi:10.1093/mollus/eyi048
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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF HALIOTIDAE TRACED BY HAEMOCYANIN SEQUENCES
1Institute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, D-55128 Mainz, Germany; and 2Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA
Correspondence: B. Lieb; e-mail: lieb{at}uni-mainz.de
Phylogenetic relationships of 12 species of the vetigastropod family Haliotidae were analysed on the basis of partial haemocyanin coding genes. Both protein-coding and genomic sequence data, of which the latter includes one ancient intron, were analysed. We were able to distinguish two genetically different monophyletic groups with high bootstrap support: (i) the abalones from Europe, South Africa, Australia, Taiwan and Japan group together and are separated from (ii) five California and two Japanese abalones. The usefulness of haemocyanin as a phylogenetic character and the origin of the Haliotidae are discussed.
(Received 4 March 2005; accepted 4 July 2005)
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