DNA primers for amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I from diverse metazoan invertebrates

Mol Mar Biol Biotechnol. 1994 Oct;3(5):294-9.

Abstract

We describe "universal" DNA primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a 710-bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI) from 11 invertebrate phyla: Echinodermata, Mollusca, Annelida, Pogonophora, Arthropoda, Nemertinea, Echiura, Sipuncula, Platyhelminthes, Tardigrada, and Coelenterata, as well as the putative phylum Vestimentifera. Preliminary comparisons revealed that these COI primers generate informative sequences for phylogenetic analyses at the species and higher taxonomic levels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Primers*
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / chemistry
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics*
  • Gene Amplification*
  • Humans
  • Invertebrates / genetics*
  • Mitochondria / enzymology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Electron Transport Complex IV