Mitochondrial Genome Fragmentation Occurred Multiple Times Independently in Bird Lice of the Families Menoponidae and Laemobothriidae

Mitochondrial Genome Fragmentation Occurred Multiple Times Independently in Bird Lice of the Families Menoponidae and Laemobothriidae

Mitochondrial (mt) genome fragmentation has been discovered in all five parvorders of parasitic lice (Phthiraptera). To explore whether minichromosomal characters derived from mt genome fragmentation are informative for phylogenetic studies, we sequenced the mt genomes of 17 species of bird lice in...

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Main Authors: Yalun Dong, Martina Jelocnik, Amber Gillett, Ludovica Valenza, Gabriel Conroy, Dominique Potvin, Renfu Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
mitochondrial genome fragmentation
Menoponidae
Laemobothriidae
phylogeny
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/12/2046

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