Variation in mitochondrial minichromosome composition between blood-sucking lice of the genus Haematopinus that infest horses and pigs

Table 2 The longest stretches of identical sequence shared between mitochondrial genes in the horse louse, Haematopinus asini

		The longest stretches of identical sequence shared (bp)
Pairs of genes		Horse louse	Pig lice		Human lice			Animals with typical mt genome organization
Pairs of genes		*Haas*	*Has*	*Haap*	*Peh*	*Pec*	*Ptp*	Bm	Cb	Hm	Dy
cob	cox1	21	11	11	10	10	10	12	13	14	13
nad2	nad4	20	9	12	14	14	N/A	12	16	13	12
nad4	cob	20	10	10	11	11	N/A	10	12	12	12
nad2	nad5	25	10	10	14	14	10	12	16	12	15
nad2	nad3	19	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	11	11
rrnL	rrnS	10, 33	10	9	11	11	10	33	10	15	16
rrnL	trnN	15	9	9	9	9	N/A	10	8	9	8
trnL ₁	trnL ₂	15	16,10,9	16,10,9	33,32	33,32	35,32	7	6	7	10
trnT	trnP	27	26	26	7	7	N/A	6	8	8	9

Note: Abbreviations of species names are: Haas, Haematopinus asini (horse louse); Has, Haematopinus suis (domestic pig louse); Haap, Haematopinus apri (wild pig louse); Peh, Pediculus humanus (human body louse); Pec, Pediculus capitis (human head louse); Ptp, Pthirus pubis (human pubic louse); Bm, Bothriometopus macrocnemis (screamer louse); Cb, Campanulotes bidentatus (pigeon louse); Hm, Heterodoxus macropus (wallaby louse); Dy, Drosophila yakuba (fruitfly); N/A, Not available. mt, Mitochondrial; Stretches of shared identical sequences longer than expected by chance are in bold.

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