Journal
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages 1009-1012Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.034
Keywords
DNA barcode; Speciation; Genomic conflict
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- MOE [R-377-000-040-112]
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We here test the proposition that changes in the barcoding region of COI are commonly involved in speciation through intergenomic conflict. We demonstrate that this is unlikely given that even with incomplete taxon sampling, 78-90% of closely-related animal species have identical COI amino acid sequences. In addition, in those cases where amino acid substitutions between closely related species are observed, the inter- and intra-specific substitution patterns are very similar and/or lack consistent differences in the number, position and type of amino acid change. Overall, we conclude that there is little evidence for a widespread involvement of the barcoding gene in speciation. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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