Comparative mitogenomics of plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): identifying the AGG codon reassignments between serine and lysine.

ABSTRACT: Insect mitochondrial genomes are very important to understand the molecular evolution as well as for phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies of the insects. The Miridae are the largest family of Heteroptera encompassing more than 11,000 described species and of great economic importance. For better understanding the diversity and the evolution of plant bugs, we sequence five new mitochondrial genomes and present the first comparative analysis of nine mitochondrial genomes of mirids available to date. Our result showed that gene content, gene arrangement, base composition and sequences of mitochondrial transcription termination factor were conserved in plant bugs. Intra-genus species shared more conserved genomic characteristics, such as nucleotide and amino acid composition of protein-cod

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4079613 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature