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Phylogeny of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases: Testimony for the Origin of Eukaryotes

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General and Applied Aspects of Halophilic Microorganisms

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 201))

Abstract

The organization of the genes for the large components of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase in archaebacteria resembles that in eubacteria.

A phylogenetic dendrogram derived by various algorithms from the comparison of aligned sequences of the genes of the A plus C components of archaebacterial, the A components of eukaryotic and the /3’ or ß’ plus Q“ components of eubacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerases shows the archaebacteria beside eukaryotic pol2 and/or 3. The latter two are separated from poll which shares a bifurcation with the eubacteria. This topology is invariant to several corrections and appears significant when checked by bootstrapping.

This branching order most probably implies that eukaryotes are bi-or oligophyletic chimeras which arose by some sort of genome fusion from archaebacterial and eubacterial ancestors.

The data confirm the unity of the archaebacteria and clearly exclude both the eocyte and the photocyte hypothesis.

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Zillig, W., Palm, P., Klenk, HP., Pühler, G., Gropp, F., Schleper, C. (1991). Phylogeny of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases: Testimony for the Origin of Eukaryotes. In: Rodriguez-Valera, F. (eds) General and Applied Aspects of Halophilic Microorganisms. NATO ASI Series, vol 201. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3730-4_39

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