Phylogeny and divergence time estimation of the subfamily Amphipsyllinae based on the Frontopsylla diqingensis mitogenome.

ABSTRACT: Fleas are primarily parasites of small mammals and serve as essential vectors of the transmission of plague. The subfamily Amphipsyllinae (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae) consists of 182 species across 13 genera, widely distributed worldwide. Only two species of Amphipsyllinae have been sequenced for complete mitogenomes to date. It hinders the taxonomy and evolutionary history studies of fleas. In this study, we first sequenced the Frontopsylla diqingensis mitogenome and performed comparative mitogenomic analyses with the two other species (Frontopsylla spadix and Paradoxopsyllus custodis) in Amphipsyllinae available in the NCBI database. The evolutionary process of Amphipsyllinae was comprehensively analyzed in terms of nucleotide composition, codon usage, nucleotide d

SUBMITTER: Pu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11668791 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature