Comparative Analysis of Mitogenomes in Leafhopper Tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae): Structural Conservatism and Phylogeny.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies on the gene order and composition of leafhopper mitochondrial genomes have revealed a high level of conservation in overall genome structure. Some members of Deltocephalinae, the largest subfamily, exhibit tRNA gene rearrangements; however, few mitogenomes have been sequenced in this group and the degree of structural variation within tribes remains unclear. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitogenomes of 14 species belonging to four genera of tribe Deltocephalini from China and compared them with the two previously reported mitogenomes for this tribe. The studied mitogenomes showed a high degree of similarity to most other leafhopper mitogenomes in overall structure, mostly varying in the total length (14,961-15,416 bp) and number of non-coding A + T-rich regions.

SUBMITTER: Xie B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature