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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Divergence of Parartemia and Artemia heamoglobin genes |
Author: | Coleman, M. Geddes, Michael Charles Trotman, C. N. A. |
Citation: | International Journal of Salt Lake Research, 1998; 7(2):171-180 |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
ISSN: | 1037-0544 |
Statement of Responsibility: | M. Coleman, M.C. Geddes and C.N.A. Trotman |
Abstract: | Parartemia is a genus of brine shrimp endemic to Australia which is related to the more widespread and economically important Artemia sp. The expression of a multimeric haemoglobin molecule in Artemia is well documented but in Parartemia only trace levels of a possible haemoglobin have been observed. In this paper we describe the DNA sequence of a domain of a haemoglobin molecule in Parartemia. The derived amino acid sequence suggests that the possible date of divergence about 85 million years ago of the two genera predates the divergence of the C and T polymers of Artemia haemoglobin. This date would correlate with the physical and temporal isolation of Australia in the late Mesozoic |
Keywords: | Artemia, divergence, DNA, haemoglobin, Parartemia, protein sequence |
Rights: | © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers |
Published version: | http://link.springer.com.proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/article/10.1023/A%3A1009068203811 |
Appears in Collections: | Zoology publications |
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