Comparative analyses of the fragmented mitochondrial genomes of wild pig louse Haematopinus apri from China and Japan.

ABSTRACT: The wild pig louse Haematopinus apri is one of the commonest ectoparasites of wild pigs. In the present study, the entire mitochondrial (mt) genome of wild pig louse H. apri from China was sequenced and compared with previously characterized wild pig louse H. apri from Japan. We identified all of the 37 mt genes in the wild pig louse H. apri from China which are on nine circular minichromosomes. Each mt minichromosome is 2.9 kb-4.2 kb size and contains 2-8 genes and one non-coding region (1543 bp-2534 bp). The number of minichromosomes, gene content and gene order in the both mt genomes of wild pig louse H. apri from China and Japan are the same. The identity of the both mt genomes (except for non-coding regions) was 98.3% between wild pig louse H. apr

SUBMITTER: Nie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8989706 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature