Mitochondrial genomes of two parasitic Cuscuta species lack clear evidence of horizontal gene transfer and retain unusually fragmented ccmFC genes

Table 3 Nuclear candidate copies of missing mitochondrial genes in Cuscuta australis and C. campestris

Mitochondrial gene	Nuclear copy length (bp)	Reference average length (bp)	Putative origin
rps2	618	978	vertical; nuclear copy or UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
rps10	387	354	unclear; possible HGT
rps11	432	486	vertical; nuclear copy
rps14	321	295	vertical; nuclear copy
rps19	273	286	unclear; possible HGT
sdh3	321, 324	343	vertical; nuclear copy
sdh4	288	418	unclear; possible HGT

Table showing the nuclear candidate copies, including the lengths of reference mitochondrial genes. The putative origin is based on phylogenetic analysis of top NCBI BLASTN hits together with reference mitogenomes

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