Phylogenetic relationships among megabats, microbats, and primates.

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  • D P Mindell
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, OH 45221.
  • C W Dick
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, OH 45221.
  • R J Baker
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, OH 45221.

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<jats:p>We present 744 nucleotide base positions from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene and 236 base positions from the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene for a microbat, Brachyphylla cavernarum, and a megabat, Pteropus capestratus, in phylogenetic analyses with homologous DNA sequences from Homo sapiens, Mus musculus (house mouse), and Gallus gallus (chicken). We use information on evolutionary rate differences for different types of sequence change to establish phylogenetic character weights, and we consider alternative rRNA alignment strategies in finding that this mtDNA data set clearly supports bat monophyly. This result is found despite variations in outgroup used, gap coding scheme, and order of input for DNA sequences in multiple alignment bouts. These findings are congruent with morphological characters including details of wing structure as well as cladistic analyses of amino acid sequences for three globin genes and indicate that neurological similarities between megabats and primates are due to either retention of primitive characters or to convergent evolution rather than to inheritance from a common ancestor. This finding also indicates a single origin for flight among mammals.</jats:p>

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