Fragmented mitochondrial genomes are present in both major clades of the blood-sucking lice (suborder Anoplura): evidence from two Hoplopleura rodent lice (family Hoplopleuridae)

Table 3 The longest stretches of identical sequence shared by mitochondrial genes in four rat lice, two pig lice, three human lice that have fragmented mitochondrial genomes, and six other species of bilateral animals that have the typical mitochondrial genomes

Pairs of gene		The longest stretches of identical sequence
Pairs of gene		Rodent lice				Pig lice		Human lice			Animals with typical mt genome organization
		Hoa	Hok	Pa	Ps	Has	Haa	Pc	Pp	Ph	Bm	Cb	Hm	Dy	Ce	Hos
trnL ₁	trnL ₂	NA	7	28	25, 11	16, 10	16, 10	33, 32	35, 32	33, 32	7	6	7	10	6	6
cob	nad5	NA	NA	12	36	13	13	12	13	12	12	16	14	13	13	12
trnA	trnC	7	6	6	32	6	6	6	6	6	NA	7	17	7	8	6
nad4	nad5	NA	NA	12	18	12	12	127, 30	NA	127, 30	13	15	15	16	14	11
nad5	rrnL	NA	NA	13	13	11	10	99	10	99	12	14	13	15	16	10
trnG	trnR	NA	6	5	5	5	5	28, 14	32, 26	28, 14	5	6	7	6	8	6
cox1	nad4L	10	10	9	11	11	11	10	29	10	13	11	14	13	12	10
nad2	rrnL	11	11	10	11	10	11	26	10	26	13	11	14	13	12	10
trnP	trnT	7	8	6	7	26	26	7	NA	7	6	8	8	9	10	7
atp8	trnG	NA	7	6	6	6	6	26	9	26	10	11	11	12	NA	6
atp8	nad2	9	9	12	10	25	25	10	8	10	10	14	12	14	NA	11
trnI	trnT	6	6	10	8	6	6	6	16	6	6	5	7	7	9	6

Note: Abbreviations of species names are: Hoa, Hoplopleura akanezumi (louse of the Chevrier’s field mouse); Hok, Hoplopleura kitti (louse of the Bower’s white-toothed rat); Pa, Polyplax asiatica (loues of the greater bandicoot rat); Ps, Polyplax spinulosa (louse of the Asian house rat); Has, Haematopinus suis (domestic pig louse); Haa, Haematopinus apri (wild pig louse); Pc, Pediculus capititis (human head louse); Pp, Pthirus pubis (human pubic louse); Ph, Pediculus humanus (human body louse); Bm, Bothriometopus macrocnemis (screamer louse); Cb, Campanulotes bidentatus (pigeon louse); Hm, Heterodoxus macropus (wallaby louse); Dy, Drosophila yakuba (fruitfly); Ce, Caenorhabditis elegans (roundworm); Hos, Homo sapiens (human); NA, not applicable. Stretches of shared identical sequences longer than expected by chance are indicated in bold.

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