The Evolution of Gene Expression in The Umbrid Fishes: A Comparison of Phylogenies Based Upon Inferred Differences in Structural and Regulatory Genes (Lactate Dehydrogenase, Duplicate, Controller Nodes, Esocidae, Salmoniformes)

Genetic distances, based on differences in 51 protein coding structural genes, established relative divergence times among species of mudminnows (Umbridae) and Esox (Esocidae), within the order Salmoniformes. Both cladistic and phenetic analyses support: (1) a close relationship of Umbra limi and U. pygmaea, (2) a closer relationship of Dallia pectoralis to Novumbra hubbsi than to either of the Umbra species, and (3) a closer relationship of the Dallia-Novumbra lineage to species of Esox, than the Umbra lineage is to the Esox. These relationships support some phylogenies based on morphology and karyology, but exclude others.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Genetics and Development

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Kettler, Michelle Kathleen

• Biology, Genetics

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8511627

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77614