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The complete nucleotide sequence of a snake (Dinodon semicarinatus) mitochondrial genome with two identical control regions.
- Y. Kumazawa, H. Ota, M. Nishida, T. Ozawa
- Biology, Medicine
- Genetics
- 1 September 1998
The 17,191-bp mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of a Japanese colubrid snake, akamata (Dinodon semicarinatus), was cloned and sequenced. The snake mtDNA has some peculiar features that were found in our… Expand
Sequence evolution of mitochondrial tRNA genes and deep-branch animal phylogenetics
- Y. Kumazawa, M. Nishida
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Molecular Evolution
- 1 October 1993
Mitochondrial DNA sequences are often used to construct molecular phylogenetic trees among closely related animals. In order to examine the usefulness of mtDNA sequences for deep-branch… Expand
Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the green turtle and blue-tailed mole skink: statistical evidence for archosaurian affinity of turtles.
- Y. Kumazawa, M. Nishida
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular biology and evolution
- 1 June 1999
Turtles have highly specialized morphological characteristics, and their phylogenetic position has been under intensive debate. Previous molecular studies have not established a consistent and… Expand
Mitogenomic evaluation of the historical biogeography of cichlids toward reliable dating of teleostean divergences
- Y. Azuma, Y. Kumazawa, M. Miya, K. Mabuchi, M. Nishida
- Medicine, Biology
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- 23 July 2008
BackgroundRecent advances in DNA sequencing and computation offer the opportunity for reliable estimates of divergence times between organisms based on molecular data. Bayesian estimations of… Expand
Gene rearrangements in snake mitochondrial genomes: highly concerted evolution of control-region-like sequences duplicated and inserted into a tRNA gene cluster.
- Y. Kumazawa, H. Ota, M. Nishida, T. Ozawa
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular biology and evolution
- 1 November 1996
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) regions corresponding to two major tRNA gene clusters were amplified and sequenced for the Japanese pit viper, himehabu. In one of these clusters, which in most vertebrates… Expand
Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequences of Six Snakes: Phylogenetic Relationships and Molecular Evolution of Genomic Features
- S. Dong, Y. Kumazawa
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Molecular Evolution
- 29 June 2005
Complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences were determined for representative species from six snake families: the acrochordid little file snake, the bold boa constrictor, the cylindrophiid red… Expand
Mitochondrial genomes from major lizard families suggest their phylogenetic relationships and ancient radiations.
- Y. Kumazawa
- Biology, Medicine
- Gene
- 15 February 2007
In placental mammals and birds, molecular data generally support a view that they diverged into their ordinal groups in good response to mid-Cretaceous continental fragmentations. However, such… Expand
Molecular phylogeny of osteoglossoids: a new model for Gondwanian origin and plate tectonic transportation of the Asian arowana.
- Y. Kumazawa, M. Nishida
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular biology and evolution
- 1 December 2000
One of the traditional enigmas in freshwater zoogeography has been the evolutionary origin of Scleropages formosus inhabiting Southeast Asia (the Asian arowana), which is a species threatened with… Expand
Mitochondrial DNA sequences of five squamates: phylogenetic affiliation of snakes.
- Y. Kumazawa
- Biology, Medicine
- DNA research : an international journal for rapid…
- 2004
Complete or nearly complete mitochondrial DNA sequences were determined from four lizards (Western fence lizard, Warren's spinytail lizard, Terrestrial arboreal alligator lizard, and Chinese… Expand
Sister group relationship of turtles to the bird-crocodilian clade revealed by nuclear DNA-coded proteins.
- N. Iwabe, Yuichiro Hara, +4 authors K. Katoh
- Medicine, Biology
- Molecular biology and evolution
- 1 April 2005
The phylogenetic position of turtles is a currently controversial issue. Recent molecular studies rejected a traditional view that turtles are basal living reptiles (Hedges, S. B., and L. L. Poling.… Expand