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Characterization of the fragmented mitochondrial genome of domestic pig louse Haematopinus suis (Insecta: Haematopinidae) from China
Research Square, Vol.17 January 2023
Research Square Company
2023
Abstract
The domestic pig louse Haematopinus suis is found worldwide wherever pig is raised. This ectoparasite causes direct damage to their hosts and also acts as a vector of various infectious disease agents. Despite its signicance, molecular genetics, biology and systematics of H. suis has not been studied in detail. Herein, the entire mitochondrial (mt) genome of H. suis from China was sequenced, characterized and compared with that of H. suis from Australia. We identied 37 mt genes located on nine circular mt minichromosomes in H. suis from China, with 2.9 kb-4.2 kb in size and contains 2–8 genes and one non-coding region (1,957 bp-2,226 bp). The number of minichromosomes, gene content, and gene order in the mt genomes of H. suis from China and Australia is identical. The identity of both mt genomes (except for non-coding regions) was 96.3% between H. suis from China and Australia. For the 13 protein-coding genes, sequence differences in each gene at both the nucleotide and amino acid were 2.8–6.5% and 0.5– 5.3%, respectively. The present study determined the entire mt genome of H. suis from China that provides novel genetic markers for studying the molecular genetics, biology and systematics of sucking louse.
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- Title
- Characterization of the fragmented mitochondrial genome of domestic pig louse Haematopinus suis (Insecta: Haematopinidae) from China
- Authors
- Rong Li (Author) - Hunan Agricultural UniversityYu Nie (Author) - Hunan Agricultural UniversityYi-Tian Fu (Author) - Hunan Agricultural UniversityYuan-Ping Deng (Author) - Hunan Agricultural UniversityWei Wang (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for BioinnovationPing-Ping Ma (Author) - Hunan Agricultural UniversityGuo-Hua Liu (Corresponding Author) - Hunan Agricultural University
- Publication details
- Research Square, Vol.17 January 2023
- Publisher
- Research Square Company
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2446385/v1
- ISSN
- 2693-5015
- Copyright note
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99701598802621
- Output Type
- Preprint
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