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5S Ribosomal RNA sequences have proven to be useful tools in the study of evolutionary relationships among species. However, in reviewing previously published trees constructed from alignments of metazoan 5S RNAs, we noticed several discrepancies with classical evolutionary views. One such discrepancy concerned the phylum Arthropoda, where a crustacean,Artemia salina, seemed to be evolutionarily very remote from four insects. The cause of this phenomenon was studied by determining the 5S RNA sequences of additional arthropods, viz.Limulus polyphemus, Eurypelma californica, Lasiodora erythrocythara, Areneus diadematus, Daphnia magna, Ligia oceanica, Homarus gammarus, Cancer pagurus, Spirobolus sp.,Locusta migratoria, andTenebrio molitor. A tree was then constructed from a dissimilarity matrix by a clustering method known as weighted pair grouping. Application of a correction for unequal evolutionary rates improved the apparent evolutionary position of the arthropods and of some other metazoan species. However, neither the uncorrected nor the corrected tree permitted a completely acceptable reconstruction of metazoan evolution. We presume that this phenomenon is due to random deviations in the evolutionary rate of 5S RNA.
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Hendriks, L., Huysmans, E., Vandenberghe, A. et al. Primary structures of the 5S ribosomal RNAs of 11 arthropods and applicability of 5S RNA to the study of metazoan evolution. J Mol Evol 24, 103–109 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02099957
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