Between Two Extremes: Mitochondrial DNA is neither the Panacea nor the Nemesis of Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Inference

Rubinoff, Daniel; Holland, Brenden S.

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“…It also brings together (and complements) taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics and population genetics (Hajibabaei et al, 2007b). According to Rubinoff and Holland (2005), DNA barcoding can be regarded as a 'tremendous tool' to accelerate species discovery and initiate new species descriptions (DeSalle et al, 2005;DeSalle, 2006). Moreover, it re-opens the debate on species concepts (Fitzhugh, 2006;Rubinoff et al, 2006b;Balakrishnan, 2007;Miller, 2007;Vogler and Monaghan, 2007).…”

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“…Besides, methods of sequence assignment based on a single-locus will often lack accuracy (Elias et al, 2007). The ineluctable future trend for species identification through DNA barcoding is to develop a multi-locus system, including COI-region or/and independent markers (Rubinoff and Holland, 2005;Dasmahapatra and Mallet 2006;Kress and Erickson, 2007;Smith et al, 2007;Sevilla et al, 2007).…”

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Four years of DNA barcoding: Current advances and prospects

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2008

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Four years of DNA barcoding: Current advances and prospects

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2008

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“…marajoara because their ITS2 sequences are identical. It is evident that additional analyses are needed, using independent data sources (Rubinoff & Holland 2005), and extensive geographical samples, to resolve the taxonomic status of An. albitarsis E.…”

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The importance of Anopheles albitarsis E and An. darlingi in human malaria transmission in Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Brazil

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Souza

Lacerda

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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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In several districts of Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Brazil we found Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis E to be the primary vector of human malaria parasites, and during 2001-2002 it was significantly more abundant than An. darlingi (p < 0.001). Other species sampled were An. (Nys.) braziliensis, An. (Ano.) peryassui, An. (Nys.) nuneztovari, An. (Nys.) oswaldoi s.l., and An. (Nys.) triannulatus. As determined by the ELISA technique An. darlingi had a higher overall infection rate (2.1%) compared with An. albitarsis E (1.2%). However, a marginally higher proportion of An. albitarsis E was infected with Plasmodium vivax compared with An. darlingi, and the An. albitarsis E biting index was also much higher. These results suggest the importance of An. albitarsis E in malaria transmission in a savannah ecoregion of northern Amazonian Brazil, and reconfirm the importance of An. darlingi even if at lower abundance

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“…Although the application of organelle DNA in the above-mentioned fields is widely accepted, discrepancies between phylogenies inferred from mtDNA and nuclear markers or morphological traits have repeatedly raised questions concerning the credibility of mtDNA for systematics and phylogeography (Shaw, 2002;Babik et al, 2005;Chan and Levin, 2005;Rubinoff and Holland, 2005;Wiemers and Fiedler, 2007). Owing to the lack of recombination (but see Slate and Phua, 2003;Rokas et al, 2003), mtDNA genes are inherited as a single linkage group, but the mitochondrial genome does not necessarily reflect the entirety of a species' evolution or population history (Ballard and Whitlock, 2004).…”

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Introgression as a likely cause of mtDNA paraphyly in two allopatric skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

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Gene transfer between species during interspecific hybridization is a widely accepted reality in plants but is considered a relatively rare phenomenon among animals. Here we describe a unique case of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) paraphyly in the skipper genus, Erynnis, that involves well-diverged allopatric species. Using molecular evidence from both mitochondrial and nuclear genomes, we found high levels of intraspecific divergence in the mitochondrial genome within E. propertius (over 4% pair-wise sequence divergence) but no such differentiation in the nuclear genome. Sequence comparisons with related Erynnis suggest that past, but recent and infrequent introgression between E. propertius and E. horatius is the most reasonable explanation for the observed pattern of mtDNA paraphyly. This example of putative introgression highlights the complexity of mtDNA evolution and suggests that similar processes could be operating in other taxa that have not been extensively sampled. Our observations reinforce the importance of involving multiple genes with different modes of inheritance in the analysis of population history of congeneric taxa.

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Between Two Extremes: Mitochondrial DNA is neither the Panacea nor the Nemesis of Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Inference

Cited by 402 publications

References 76 publications

Four years of DNA barcoding: Current advances and prospects

Four years of DNA barcoding: Current advances and prospects

The importance of Anopheles albitarsis E and An. darlingi in human malaria transmission in Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Brazil

Introgression as a likely cause of mtDNA paraphyly in two allopatric skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

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