The Phylogenetic Position of Aardvark(Orycteropus afer)as Suggested by its Myoglobin
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Hoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift Für Physiologische Chemie
- Vol. 364 (2) , 1585-1596
- https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1983.364.2.1585
Abstract
Skeletal muscle myoglobin of the aardvark (O. afer) was isolated and its primary structure determined. The amino-acid sequence was then used in conjunction with previously established myoglobin sequences to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships of the aardvark. The most parsimonious trees constructed from this myoglobin sequence data either alone or when combined with lens .alpha.-crystallin A sequene data depict the aardvark lineage as one of the most ancient among Eutheria.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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