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+[[!meta title="Widespread use of the "ascidian" mitochondrial genetic code in tunicates."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura mitochondrion OIST]]
+
+Pichon J, Luscombe NM, Plessy C.
+
+F1000Res. 2019 Dec 10;8:2072. doi:10.12688/f1000research.21551.1
+
+Widespread use of the "ascidian" mitochondrial genetic code in tunicates.
+
+[[!pmid 32148763 desc="NCBI's table 13 is to be used for O. dioica. However, for longicauda and *chordaeus, the code might differ."]]
- The mitochondrial COI sequence AY116609 and the 18S rRNA sequence AB013014
in Genbank are probably a contamination and a misidentification, respectively
([[Sakaguchi and coll., 2017|biblio/10.1007_s12562-017-1106-0]]).
+ - [[Pichon, Luscombe and Plessy, 2019|biblio/32148763]] confirms that _O. dioica_'s
+ mitochondrial sequences can be translated with the ascidian genetic code, and
+ suggests that _O. lon_, _B. sty_ and perhaps _M. ery_ (all in the _Coecaria_ genus)
+ use different code(s).
- Analysis of sex-linked markers supports genetic sex determination with male heterogamety –
that is: X chromosomes for females and Y for males. ([[Denoeud et al., 2010|biblio/21097902]])
- The major spliceosome is hypothethised to have evolved
1998|biblio/9799263]]): ATA → Ile, AGA → Ser, AGG → ø and AAA → ø.
- _Ciona savignyi_ uses the same mitochodrial genetic code as of other ascidians
studied before ([[Yokobori, Watanabe and Oshima, 2003|biblio/14738316]]).
-
+ - [[Pichon, Luscombe and Plessy, 2019|biblio/32148763]] confirms that _O. dioica_'s
+ mitochondrial sequences can be translated with the ascidian genetic code, and
+ suggests that _O. lon_, _B. sty_ and perhaps _M. ery_ use different code(s).
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AGA AGG ATA AAA TGA
Vertebrates * * M K W
Tunicates G G M K W (O. di, salps, ascidians)
- O. lon ? G G I K ø?
- M. ery ? G G ø? K ?
- B. sty ? G G I K R
+ O. longicauda G G I K ø?
+ M. erythrocephalus G G ø? K ?
+ B. stygius G G I K R
Cephalochordates S S,ø? M K W (standard invertebrate)
Hemichordates S ø I ø W
Echinoderms S S I N W