cytOxidase: Cytochrome Oxidase sequences

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Cytochrome Oxidase sequences

Description

cytOxidase is a set of homologous protein sequences from the GENE cytochrome oxidase SUBUNIT 1 gene. This mitochondrial gene, often known as CO1 (“see-oh-one”), plays a key role in cellular respiration. C01 contains approximately 513 aminoacids and has been used by previous studies for reconstructing phylogenetic trees and estimating divergence times in Metazoaria by assuming a molecular clock. Its 5' partition is used for the ‘Barcoding of Life’ initiative, for instance. This dataset is part of the package and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Usage

cytOxidase

Format

A object of class "ProteinSeq" with 17 entries, each representing a different animal species

names

Organism's popular name or a taxonomic classification

sequence

Aminoacid sequence of length 513

Details

The object of class "ProteinSeq" is structured as a named vector of 17 different animal species, with each individual component being a sequence of 513 aminoacids.

Source

Amino acid sequences were originally downloaded from genebank and later curated and aligned by Daniel L. Rabosky.

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