Phylogenetic studies of four species of ciliate inferred from 16s-like small subunit rRNA gene sequences

The phylogenetic relationships of four ciliate genera （Urostyla, Euplotes, Stylonychia and Pseudokeronopsis）, which also are the important environment inspection species, were analyzed by the comparison of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Euplotes appeared as an early branching group whose divergence from the hypotrichous line at a deep level was strongly supported by parsimony and matrix analyses. The analyses also supported the hypothesis that there were closely relationship between species in Urostyla and Holosticha. The sibling species Stylonychia mytilus and S. lemnae could be separated by the evolutionary analyses. Furthermore, Pseudokeronopsis rubra had relatively more closely relationship with the species in Holostichidae than that in Urostylidae based on the evolutionary distance value.

旋唇纲纤毛虫系统发育分子树构建的影响因素

以36种旋唇类高等类群纤毛虫的核糖体小亚基核苷酸(Small subunit ribosomal RNA,SS rRNA)基因序列为素材,比较研究了不同条件(包括外类群、内类群的选择,同一基因不同序列长度的组合,不同建树方法和不同分析软件的使用)对纤毛虫分子系统树构建结果的影响。结果表明,上述因素均可不同程度地影响拓扑结构。结果同时提示,在利用有限数据进行相关研究,特别是在对未明类群的系统关系分析中,必须充分考虑因建树条件的不同所带来的影响。作者同时也建议,在当前可用的分子信息欠充分的前提下,对于纤毛虫任何类群的分子系统学探讨而言,慎重形成结论并尽可能地结合和参照形态学、发生学等资讯,仍是需优先考虑的工作路线。

游仆目纤毛虫(纤毛门,旋唇纲)的分子系统学研究

在最新GenBank分子信息的汇集、分析基础上,利用小亚基单位核糖体RNA基因序列分别构建了最大简约树、距离树、最大似然树及贝叶斯树,对长期存在争议的游仆目纤毛虫的系统关系进行了探讨和修订。工作显示:1)游仆目不是1个单源发生系;2)盘头虫类从游仆目中较早分化出来,呈现与排毛类、寡毛类平行的进化关系;3)腹棘虫科内的腹棘虫和拟游仆虫体现了密切的亲缘关系;4)游仆虫科、舍太虫科、纤虫科在所有分子树中均表现了十分稳定的拓扑结构;5)游仆虫属内可以细分为7个亚类群;6)尾刺虫科在游仆目内分化较早,支持前人有关其在系统演化时序中处于原始阶段的论断。