Variation of mitochondrial minichromosome composition in Hoplopleura lice (Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) from rats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The family Hoplopleuridae contains at least 183 species of blood-sucking lice, which widely parasitize both mice and rats. Fragmented mitochondrial (mt) genomes have been reported in two rat lice (Hoplopleura kitti and H. akanezumi) from this family, but some minichromosomes were unidentified in their mt genomes.

Methods

We sequenced the mt genome of the rat louse Hoplopleura sp. with an Illumina platform and compared its mt genome organization with H. kitti and H. akanezumi.

Results

Fragmented mt genome of the rat louse Hoplopleura sp. contains 37 genes which are on 12 circular mt minichromosomes. Each mt minichromosome is 1.8-2.7 kb long and contains 1-5 genes and one large non-coding region. The gene content and arrangement of mt minichromosomes of Hoplo

SUBMITTER: Fu YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539455 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature