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| DNA-SEQUENCES FROM A FOSSIL TERMITE IN OLIGOMIOCENE AMBER AND THEIR PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS |
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| Author(s): DESALLE R, GATESY J, WHEELER W, GRIMALDI D |
| Source: SCIENCE Volume: 257 Issue: 5078 Pages: 1933-1936 Published: SEP 25 1992 |
| Times Cited: 158 References: 43 |
| Abstract: DNA was extracted from the fossil termite Mastotermes electrodominicus preserved in Oligo-Miocene amber (25 million to 30 million years old). Fragments of mitochondrial [16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA)] and nuclear (18S rDNA) genes were amplified by polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis of fossil and extant 18S rDNA confirmed morphological cladistic analyses of living dictyopterans (termites, cockroaches, and mantids). The fossil termite shares several sequence attributes with Mastotermes darwiniensis. Addition of this fossil to living-species phylogeny is required to substantiate Mastotermes monophyly and affects molecular phylogenetic hypotheses of termites in this, the oldest DNA yet characterized. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: DESALLE, R (reprint author), AMER MUSEUM NAT HIST, DEPT ENTOMOL, NEW YORK, NY 10024 USA |
Addresses:
1. AMER MUSEUM NAT HIST, DEPT INVERTEBRATES, NEW YORK, NY 10024 USA
2. YALE UNIV, DEPT GEOL, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 USA |
| Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: JP594 |
| ISSN: 0036-8075 |
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