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Table 2 Nucleotide composition of third codon positions of the (+)strand encoded gene cox1, demonstrating strand bias in nucleotide frequencies within chelicerates.

From: The complete mitochondrial genome of Pseudocellus pearsei (Chelicerata: Ricinulei) and a comparison of mitochondrial gene rearrangements in Arachnida

Species

Taxon

A

C

G

T

CG skew

Accession number

Lithobius forficatus

Myriapoda

0.411

0.200

0.061

0.329

0.534

[GenBank:NC_002629]

Daphnia pulex

Crustacea

0.273

0.211

0.166

0.350

0.119

[GenBank:NC_000844]

Penaeus monodon

Crustacea

0.388

0.133

0.053

0.427

0.432

[GenBank:NC_002184]

Limulus polyphemus

Xiphosura

0.434

0.229

0.023

0.315

0.814

[GenBank:NC_003057]

Oltacola gomezi

Solifugae

0.407

0.199

0.055

0.339

0.569

[GenBank:EU024482]

Centruroides limpidus

Scorpiones

0.094

0.045

0.264

0.597

-0.709

[GenBank:NC_006896]

Mesobuthus martensii

Scorpiones

0.161

0.020

0.309

0.511

-0.881

[GenBank:NC_009738]

Heptathela hangzhouensis

Araneae

0.374

0.096

0.061

0.470

0.225

[GenBank:NC_005924]

Ornithoctonus huwena

Araneae

0.326

0.033

0.166

0.475

-0.667

[GenBank:NC_005925]

Habronattus oregonensis

Araneae

0.361

0.012

0.101

0.526

-0.792

[GenBank:NC_005942]

Nephila clavata

Araneae

0.379

0.016

0.109

0.496

-0.750

[GenBank:NC_008063]

Pseudocellus pearsei

Ricinulei

0.405

0.281

0.031

0.283

0.801

[GenBank:EU024483]

Leptotrombidium akamushi

Acariformes

0.356

0.176

0.084

0.384

0.354

[GenBank:NC_007601]

Leptotrombidium deliense

Acariformes

0.389

0.123

0.074

0.413

0.247

[GenBank:NC_007600]

Leptotrombidium pallidum

Acariformes

0.388

0.114

0.055

0.444

0.349

[GenBank:NC_007177]

Amblyomma triguttatum

Parasitiformes

0.392

0.106

0.043

0.459

0.421

[GenBank:NC_005963]

Haemaphysalis flava

Parasitiformes

0.433

0.105

0.043

0.419

0.421

[GenBank:NC_005292]

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Parasitiformes

0.431

0.086

0.025

0.458

0.545

[GenBank:NC_002074]

Ixodes hexagonus

Parasitiformes

0.380

0.197

0.043

0.380

0.642

[GenBank:NC_002010]

Ixodes holocyclus

Parasitiformes

0.420

0.093

0.035

0.451

0.455

[GenBank:NC_005293]

Ixodes persulcatus

Parasitiformes

0.388

0.103

0.031

0.478

0.536

[GenBank:NC_004370]

Ixodes uriae

Parasitiformes

0.410

0.173

0.039

0.379

0.633

[GenBank:NC_006078]

Carios capensis

Parasitiformes

0.446

0.185

0.020

0.349

0.809

[GenBank:NC_005291]

Ornithodoros moubata

Parasitiformes

0.413

0.164

0.041

0.382

0.600

[GenBank:NC_004357]

Ornithodoros porcinus

Parasitiformes

0.378

0.164

0.064

0.394

0.436

[GenBank:NC_005820]

Metaseiulus occidentalis

Parasitiformes

0.400

0.214

0.037

0.349

0.708

[GenBank:NC_009093]

Varroa destructor

Parasitiformes

0.363

0.018

0.062

0.557

-0.560

[GenBank:NC_004454]

  1. Bold numbers indicate higher values in comparison of G and C proportions. Only those taxa (24 chelicerate and 3 outgroup taxa) included in our phylogenetic analysis (Fig. 4) are listed.