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Journal Molluscan Studies Advance Access published online on September 21, 2005
Journal of Molluscan Studies, doi:10.1093/mollus/eyi048
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Studies on behalf of The Malacological Society of London, all rights reserved.
Received March 4, 2005
Accepted July 4, 2005

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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF HALIOTIDAE TRACED BY HAEMOCYANIN SEQUENCES

KLAUS STREIT 1, DANIEL L. GEIGER 2, and BERNHARD LIEB 1*

1 Institute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
2 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
BERNHARD LIEB, E-mail: lieb{at}uni-mainz.de


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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.


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