Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Spirocerca lupi: sequence, gene organization and phylogenetic implications

Table 3 Comparison of A + T content (%) of gene and region of the mt genomes of spirurid nematodes sequenced to date (alphabetical order), including Spirocerca lupi (in bold)

Gene/region	AV	BM	CQ	DI	DM	HL	LL	OF	OV	SD	SL	TC	WB
atp 6	75.21	75.09	80.14	71.88	72.40	77.89	76.46	73.71	72.99	74.23	74.87	74.23	76.63
cox 1	67.36	68.98	70.28	67.88	68.21	71.69	69.48	69.70	67.03	69.10	66.97	67.88	67.70
cox 2	66.81	68.96	73.25	69.15	68.25	74.71	71.53	68.10	69.24	69.38	68.51	67.38	70.57
cox 3	71.54	72.69	76.92	71.79	71.54	75.93	76.20	72.18	71.79	72.56	71.39	72.41	74.33
cytb	72.32	73.97	76.13	72.25	72.14	79.30	75.35	73.65	72.11	72.34	72.85	73.68	72.70
nad 1	73.43	73.55	75.85	72.94	72.29	75.69	72.85	71.60	69.78	72.78	72.50	73.22	72.52
nad 2	74.68	77.61	82.39	74.39	76.93	82.92	77.26	75.56	74.30	76.49	70.91	77.35	75.71
nad 3	79.82	79.35	81.71	77.15	75.89	83.18	79.82	76.56	76.11	77.06	80.65	80.24	84.27
nad 4	73.98	76.31	78.05	74.55	72.32	80.36	75.75	74.05	73.15	76.91	74.47	75.59	73.88
nad 4L	76.89	82.08	83.33	77.37	74.39	82.05	81.09	77.73	78.60	76.76	76.75	80.17	80.66
nad 5	71.93	74.81	78.17	73.75	73.64	78.93	74.03	73.62	72.87	74.81	72.88	73.82	74.69
nad 6	77.19	81.46	82.89	80.57	76.26	81.74	81.98	81.11	79.11	82.44	77.56	80.17	80.04
rrn S	75.48	76.04	76.85	75.84	73.59	80.50	76.56	75.84	74.71	74.55	76.09	75.68	75.30
rrn L	77.78	80.78	80.25	79.55	76.70	81.81	78.65	77.71	76.95	79.40	79.05	77.43	79.01
AT-loop	83.37	85.11	86.49	85.91	74.75	96.75	83.68	79.93	85.32	86.36	88.50	79.57	83.71
Entire	73.54	75.46	77.67	74.16	72.72	79.11	75.54	74.17	73.30	75.14	73.73	74.57	74.59

*Nematodes: AV: Acanthocheilonema viteae, BM: Brugia malayi, CQ: Chandlerella quiscali, DI: Dirofilaria immitis, DM: Dracunculus medinensis, HL: Heliconema longissimum, LL: Loa loa, OF: Onchocerca flexuosa, OV: Onchocerca volvulus, SD: Setaria digitata, SL: Spirocerca lupi, TC: Thelazia callipaeda, WB: Wuchereria bancrofti, Entire: entire mt genome.

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