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Table 3 Comparison of two copies of selected genes as well as control regions in mitogenomes from five Palaeognathae taxa

From: New view on the organization and evolution of Palaeognathae mitogenomes poses the question on the ancestral gene rearrangement in Aves

Species

Copy

Length (bp)

Percent of residues identical between two copies and number of aligned residues (in parentheses)

tRNA-Pro

ND6

tRNA-Glu

CR

tRNA-Pro

ND6

tRNA-Glu

CR

Struthio camelus

1st

70

522

68

1035

100 (70)

100 (522)

100 (68)

96.9 (1023)

2nd

70

522

68

1036

Rhea americana

1st

70

525

69

1118

100 (70)

100 (525)

100 (69)

94.4 (1076)

2nd

70

525

69

1118

Rhea pennata

1st

70

525

69

1103

100 (70)

100 (525)

100 (69)

94.1 (1076)

2nd

70

525

69

1183

Crypturellus tataupa

1st

70

522

69

1059

95.7 (70)

99.4 (522)

100 (69)

97.8 (1059)

2nd

70

522

69

1196

Eudromia elegans

1st

73

–

–

1352

80.6 (84)

–

–

98.2 (1252)

2nd

78 (ψ)

522

70

1350