18S rRNA data indicate that Aschelminthes are polyphyletic in origin and consist of at least three distinct clades

Birgitta Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau; Laura Y. Mackey; Jacqueline M. Brooks; Rupert De Wachter; Sudhir Kumar; James R. Garey

18S rRNA data indicate that Aschelminthes are polyphyletic in origin and consist of at least three distinct clades

Birgitta Winnepenninckx, Thierry Backeljau, Laura Y. Mackey, Jacqueline M. Brooks, Rupert De Wachter, Sudhir Kumar, James R. Garey

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Abstract

The Aschelminthes is a collection of at least eight animal phyla, historically grouped together because the absence of a true body cavity was perceived as a pseudocoelom. Analyses of 18S rRNA sequences from six Aschelminth phyla (including four previously unpublished sequences) support polyphyly for the Aschelminthes. At least three distinct groups of Aschelminthes were detected: the Priapulida among the protostomes, the Rotifera-Acanthocephala as a sister group to the protostomes, and the Nematoda as a basal group to the triploblastic Eumetazoa.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1132-1137
Number of pages	6
Journal	Molecular biology and evolution
Volume	12
Issue number	6
State	Published - Nov 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

18S ribosomal RNA
Aschelminthes
Metazoa
molecular
phylogeny
pseudocoelom

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
Genetics

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