History of myxozoan character evolution on the basis of rDNA and EF-2 data

0350366 - BC 2011 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Fiala, Ivan - Bartošová, Pavla
History of myxozoan character evolution on the basis of rDNA and EF-2 data.
BMC Evolutionary Biology. Roč. 10, č. 228 (2010), s. 1-13. ISSN 1471-2148. E-ISSN 1471-2148
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KJB600960701; GA ČR GD524/03/H133; GA MŠMT LC522
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : DNA-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS * RIBOSOMAL-RNA * MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY * 18S RDNA * MYXOSPOREA * SPHAEROSPORA * BUDDENBROCKIA * ALIGNMENT * PROTISTS
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
Impact factor: 3.702, year: 2010

We support rDNA based myxozoan phylogeny by the analysis of a protein coding gene and demonstrate the reliability of rDNA as a marker explaining myxozoan relationships. Our tracing the history of myxozoan character evolution discloses ancestral morphotypes and shows their development over the course of evolution. We point out several myxozoan characters that are to a certain extent congruent with the phylogeny and determined that the discrepancy between phylogeny and current taxonomy based on spore morphology is due to an extreme myxospore plasticity occurring during myxozoan evolution.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0006134