Variation of mitochondrial minichromosome composition in Hoplopleura lice (Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) from rats

Table 4 Nucleotide (nt) and/or predicted amino acid (aa) sequence differences in mitochondrial genes among Hoplopleura sp. (Hs), H. kitti (Hk) and H. akanezumi (Ha) upon pairwise comparison

Gene/region	Nt sequence length			Nt difference (%)			Number of aa			aa difference (%)
Gene/region	Hs	Hk	Ha	Hs/Hk	Hs/Ha	Hk/Ha	Hs	Hk	Ha	Hs/Hk	Hs/Ha	Hk/Ha
atp6	651	651	654	36.34	36.54	33.49	216	216	217	32.26	33.64	27.65
atp8	174	195	177	47.50	49.44	46.97	57	64	58	62.50	59.02	54.69
nad2	981	990	984	48.44	44.18	43.40	326	329	327	55.15	53.19	54.85
nad4	1248	1242	1254	40.38	40.49	41.21	415	413	417	44.84	45.56	44.84
nad4L	273	273	270	42.34	39.56	42.12	90	90	89	48.89	44.44	50.00
nad6	478	483	474	43.83	44.49	41.74	158	160	157	47.20	50.63	48.75
cox1	1485	1530	1530	29.15	29.26	22.80	494	509	509	17.68	15.32	9.80
cox2	687	681	684	38.24	34.40	33.77	228	226	227	41.30	32.02	31.00
cox3	787	787	789	34.18	34.60	32.57	261	261	262	27.48	29.77	30.92
cytb	1104	1102	1107	34.30	33.97	32.13	367	367	368	29.70	25.27	25.00
rrnS	675	737	690	31.80	25.32	33.73
rrnL	1125	1107	1131	28.48	27.55	29.86