Table 1 Alignment of the nucleotide sequences of four mitochondrial tRNA genes (trnV, trnM, trnG and trnY) in the same superfamily in oribatid mites
trnV | Oribatula sakamorii | TTAGGGT | -TTA-TTTTT | CTTTAATTACGGTAAAG | A-TG-TTTTT | -AACC-TTAG |
Oribatula sp. | T-GTTGGG | GCTTTTCTTTTGAGAT | TTTTATTTACGGTAAAA | ATTTG-TCTGC | CCTAAC-TT | |
Paraleius leontonychus | AGA-GTTT | -TGG-TTCC | CTTTAATTACGGTAAAG | GT-TGGTGT | -TAACTCTT | |
trnM | O. sakamorii | -AGCAAGT | -AAAGCTTAATT-AAGCTT | AGGTATTCATAATTCCT | AGAATTT | CATTGCTA |
Oribatula sp. | T-AGTAAA | C AAAGCTTAACCACAAAGCTT | AGGTATTCATAATTCCT | AGAAATTGA | A-TTACTAG | |
Pa. leontonychus | -AGCAACT | -AAAGCTTAAATA-AAGCTT | AGGTATTCATAATTCCT | AGAACAAC | CGTTGCTC | |
trnG | O. sakamorii | AT-TCTTA | TAG-TATATGTC-GT-ACA | -TTTAATTTCCAATTAAA | AAG-AAA | AAAGAAAA |
Oribatula sp. | ATTTCA-A | CAG-TATACAAA-GT-ACG | C-TTAATTTCCAATTAAG | AAG-AAAA | AA-GAAACA | |
Pa. leontonychus | AA-TCTTA | AAAATTAAAAGGTAAAGTTAAAT | -TAAAATTTCCsCTGT | GAGTCACAGC | TTT GATAC | |
trnY | O. sakamorii | TTTGA-GG | TGATTACGCAT-A | AGAAA-TTGTAAA-TTTCT | TTTTTT–– T | TA-TCAAAT |
Oribatula sp. | TTT-ACGG | TGA-GATTGGA | AGAAA-TTGTAAA-TTTCT | ATTTTTTTAT | CA-TTATAT | |
Pa. leontonychus | TTT-AGGG | TGAAAA-GCAAA-A | -CAAAGTTGTAAACTTTG | -TTTGCAAAT | CGGTGTAA |