{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhang X"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation China","Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province","Natural Science Fund of Education Department of Anhui Province, China"],"pagination":["1236"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12563358"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b>Background:</b> The family Sperchontidae Thor, 1900 is proposed as a transitional group between the \"lower\" and \"higher\" water mites (Subcohort Hydrachnidiae), and is important for understanding the evolutionary history of Hydrachnidiae. However, mitogenomic data are lacking. <b>Methods:</b> The first complete mitogenomes of Sperchontidae were sequenced from two species, <i>Sperchon plumifer</i> and <i>Sperchon</i> sp. Structural features were analyzed, gene rearrangements were compared with five published water mite mitogenomes, and phylogenetic relationships among 31 species within the order Trombidiformes were reconstructed. <b>Results:</b> Both mitogenomes contained the typical 37 genes and exhibited a strong A+T bias (73.1-73.6%), positive AT-skew, and negative GC-skew. Protein-cod"],"journal":["Genes"],"pubmed_title":["Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Two Water Mite Species in the Family Sperchontidae (Acari: Hydrachnidiae): Characterization and Phylogenetic Implications."],"pmcid":["PMC12563358"],"funding_grant_id":["2108085MC73","32470480","2022AH050407"],"pubmed_authors":["Xia X","Zhang X","Wen Q","Nie X","Song J","Sun K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Two Water Mite Species in the Family Sperchontidae (Acari: Hydrachnidiae): Characterization and Phylogenetic Implications.","description":"<b>Background:</b> The family Sperchontidae Thor, 1900 is proposed as a transitional group between the \"lower\" and \"higher\" water mites (Subcohort Hydrachnidiae), and is important for understanding the evolutionary history of Hydrachnidiae. However, mitogenomic data are lacking. <b>Methods:</b> The first complete mitogenomes of Sperchontidae were sequenced from two species, <i>Sperchon plumifer</i> and <i>Sperchon</i> sp. Structural features were analyzed, gene rearrangements were compared with five published water mite mitogenomes, and phylogenetic relationships among 31 species within the order Trombidiformes were reconstructed. <b>Results:</b> Both mitogenomes contained the typical 37 genes and exhibited a strong A+T bias (73.1-73.6%), positive AT-skew, and negative GC-skew. Protein-cod","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Oct","modification":"2026-05-15T03:18:22.851Z","creation":"2026-05-15T03:12:25.849Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12563358","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41153453"],"doi":["10.3390/genes16101236"]}}