Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: Tempo and mode of evolution

By Wesley M. Brown, E. M. Prager, Alice Wang, A. Wilson. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2005

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Molecular Markers in Phylogenetic Studies-A Review (2014, methodology): “Most differences between mtDNA sequences are point mutations, with a strong bias for transitions over transversions [32].”
Incorporating molecular evolution into phylogenetic analysis, and a new compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers for animal mitochondrial DNA (2006, background): “Faster rates of evolution in mitochondrial genes have been related to higher rates of transition mutations (Brown et al. 1982) and stronger constraints in nuclear genes due to selection for codon usage (Moriyama & Powell 1997).”
Molecular Poltergeists: Mitochondrial DNA Copies (numts) in Sequenced Nuclear Genomes (2010, background): “Such dating is based on the observation that the mean evolutionary rate in primate mitochondrial genomes is about ten times higher than that in the nuclear genome [24–26].”
Molecular diversification of salamanders of the tropical American genus Bolitoglossa (Caudata : Plethodontidae) and its evolutionary and biogeographical implications (2004, methodology): “© 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 81, 325–346 were evaluated by Larson (1983a), whose work cited the then unpublished manuscript of Elias.”
A phylogeny of Drosophilidae using the Amyrel gene: questioning the Drosophila melanogaster species group boundaries (2007, methodology): “Given the fact that transitions are more frequent than transversions (Brown et al. 1982), a weighted analysis of the data set was also performed following Hillis et al. (1994), who recommended increasing the resolution of parsimony analyses by downweighting transitions.”
Phylogeography and conservation genetics of endangered European Margaritiferidae (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) (2003, background): “The usual divergence considered for mitochondrial genes is around 1 or 2% per million years (Brown et al., 1982; Moritz, Dowling & Brown, 1987; Bermingham, McCafferty & Martin, 1997).”
Nuclear DNA analyses in genetic studies of populations: practice, problems and prospects (2003, background): “It is known widely that in many vertebrates the rate of evolution of single copy nuclear sequences is much lower than that of mitochondrial DNA (Brown et al. 1979, 1982).”
Using PhyloSuite for molecular phylogeny and tree‐based analyses (2023, background): “Saturated sites in a multiple sequence alignment (MSA) are those that underwent multiple substitutions, which may cause an underestimation of real genetic distances among taxa [65, 66].”
Mitochondrial DNA genetics and the heteroplasmy conundrum in evolution and disease. (2013, background): “…and are initiated with an N-formylmethionine just like bacterial protein synthesis (Wallace 2007). mtDNA Mutations The mtDNA genes have a very high sequence evolution rate, on the order of 10–20 times that of comparable nDNA genes (Brown et al. 1982; Neckelmann et al. 1987; Wallace et al. 1987).”
Genetic structure and phylogeography of the lined shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes, along the northeastern and western Pacific coasts (2006, background): “If populations have been genetically sequestered from one another since the time of divergence and given the empirically estimated rates of mtDNA evolution ( Brown et al. 1982; Martin et al. 1992), one would expect to find: (1) geographically restricted mtDNA haplotypes (endemism) and (2) high intr”
Mitochondrial mutations in cancer (2006, background): “…the synonymous tumorspecific somatic mRNA gene mutations encompass five transversions and 40 transitions (Table 3), consistent with the predominance of transition mutations found in inter-specific and intra-specific population studies (Brown et al., 1982; Ingman et al., 2000; Mishmar et al., 2003).”
Species Delimitation in Herpetology (2019, methodology): “After isolation, mtDNA could be studied by restriction-site analysis (Lansman et al., 1981) or sequencing (Brown et al., 1982).”