| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Authors: | L. Podsiadlowski |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 253 - 258 |
| Date Published: | 2006 |
| Keywords: | apterygote<p>insects, Archaeognatha, mtDNA, tRNA translocation |
| Abstract: | The complete mitochondrial genome of the bristletail<p>Petrobius brevistylis<p>has been determined. The genome<p>is 15 698 bp long and bears the standard set of genes<p>common to all arthropods as well as a major non-coding<p>A + T-rich region, the putative mitochondrial control<p>region. A unique gene order was revealed as it differs<p>from other hexapod and crustacean mitochondrial<p>genomes in the position of tRNA-Tyr. Genome features<p>like nucleotide composition and codon usage are compared<p>with that of other insect taxa. A + T content is similar<p>in species of Archaeognatha and Zygentoma, but<p>obviously lower than in Collembola and Pterygota. This<p>A + T bias significantly affects also amino acid frequencies<p>and may be a problem for phylogenetic analyses. |
| Short Title: | Insect Molecular Biology |