Patterns of Protein Evolution in Cytochrome c Oxidase 1 (COI) from the Class Arachnida.

ABSTRACT: Because sequence information is now available for the 648bp barcode region of cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) from more than 400,000 animal species, this gene segment can be used to probe patterns of mitochondrial evolution. The present study examines levels of amino acid substitution and the frequency of indels in COI from 4177 species of arachnids, including representatives from all 16 orders and 43% of its families (267/625). It examines divergences at three taxonomic levels-among members of each order to an outgroup, among families in each order and among BINs, a species proxy, in each family. Order Distances vary fourfold (0.10-0.39), while the mean of the Family Distances for the ten orders ranges fivefold (0.07-0.35). BIN Distances show great variation, ranging from 0.01 or less in 12

SUBMITTER: Young MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4550450 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature