REU:  Mitochondrial DNA Relationships in the Eutherian OrderArtiodactyla
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Despite its economic and biological importance, the                     evolutionary and systematic affinities of many taxa in the                      suborder Ruminantia (order Artiodactyla) remain problematic.                    Recent molecular studies using mitochondrial ribosomal RNA (rRNA)               and transfer RNA (tRNA) gene sequences strongly suggest that                    evolutionary relationships in Ruminantia can be addressed                       successfully with these extranuclear genomic data.  The primary                 objectives of the project are therefore:  (1) to isolate, clone,                and sequence mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences (rRNA and tRNA                 genes) from diverse representatives in the suborder; (2) to                     construct mtDNA phylogenies and to develop phylogenetic                         classifications from the extranuclear nucleotide information; and               (3) to compare these results against other systematic data (e.g.,               those encoded in the nuclear genome) for patterns of congruence.                As an extranuclear genomic system, the mtDNA sequences will offer               unique insights into the phylogeny of ruminants, as well as into                the molecular evolution (mutational mechanisms and                              structure/function relationships) of rRNA and tRNA genes.
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