The complete mitochondrial genome of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart): a novel gene arrangement among arthropods

Table 3 Relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) and number of codons per 1000 codons (NC1000) in the protein coding genes of the mitochondrial genome of D. pteronyssinus.

Amino acid	codon	RSCU*	NC1000	Amino acid	codon	RSCU	NC1000	Amino acid	codon	RSCU	NC1000	Amino acid	codon	RSCU	NC1000
F	TTC	0.24	14.14	S2	TCA	1.13	15.52	Y	TAC	0.48	11.09	C	TGC	0.33	2.77
	TTT	1.76	105.60		TCC	0.43	5.82		TAT	1.52	35.20		TGT	1.67	14.14
L2	TTA	3.43	78.71		TCG	0.14	1.94					W	TGA	1.11	12.75
	TTG	0.81	18.57		TCT	3.81	52.11						TGG	0.89	10.25
L1	CTA	0.74	16.91	P	CCA	1.53	14.41	H	CAC	0.50	4.16	R	CGA	1.37	3.88
	CTC	0.10	2.22		CCC	0.35	3.33		CAT	1.50	12.47		CGC	0.00	0.00
	CTG	0.10	2.22		CCG	0.24	2.22	Q	CAA	1.68	8.59		CGG	0.49	1.39
	CTT	0.83	19.12		CCT	1.88	17.74		CAG	0.32	1.66		CGT	2.15	6.10
I	ATC	0.40	16.08	T	ACA	1.33	13.58	N	AAC	0.63	10.53	S1	AGA	0.99	13.58
	ATT	1.60	64.30		ACC	0.44	4.43		AAT	1.37	23.00		AGC	0.16	2.22
M	ATA	1.58	57.65		ACG	0.05	0.55	K	AAA	1.67	28.55		AGG	0.61	8.31
	ATG	0.42	15.52		ACT	2.18	22.17		AAG	0.33	5.54		AGT	0.73	9.98
V	GTA	1.09	21.06	A	GCA	0.71	4.99	D	GAC	0.69	6.93	G	GGA	0.96	13.86
	GTC	0.17	3.33		GCC	0.59	4.16		GAT	1.31	13.03		GGC	0.15	2.22
	GTG	0.43	8.31		GCG	0.16	1.11	E	GAA	0.95	10.81		GGG	1.45	21.06
	GTT	2.31	44.62		GCT	2.53	17.74		GAG	1.05	11.92		GGT	1.44	20.79

* RSCU is the number of times a particular codon is observed relative to the number of times a codon would be observed in the absence of any codon usage bias [39].

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