Mitochondrial phylogenomics provides insights into the taxonomy and phylogeny of fleas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) are obligatory hematophagous ectoparasites of humans and animals and serve as vectors of many disease-causing agents. Despite past and current research efforts on fleas due to their medical and veterinary importance, correct identification and robust phylogenetic analysis of these ectoparasites have often proved challenging.

Methods

We decoded the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of the human flea Pulex irritans and nearly complete mt genome of the dog flea Ctenocephalides canis, and subsequently used this information to reconstruct the phylogeny of fleas among Endopterygota insects.

Results

The complete mt genome of P. irritans was 20,337 bp, whereas the clearly sequenced coding region of the C. canis mt genome was 15,609 bp

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9215091 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature