Insect mitochondrial genomics: A decade of progress

SL Cameron - Annual Review of Entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The past decade has seen the availability of insect genomic data explode, with
mitochondrial (mt) genome data seeing the greatest growth. The widespread adoption of …

How are the mitochondrial genomes reorganized in Hexapoda? Differential evolution and the first report of convergences within Hexapoda

M Moreno-Carmona, SL Cameron, CFP Quiroga - Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Hexapoda mitochondrial genome has been the focus of several genetic
and evolutionary studies over the last decades. However, they have concentrated on certain …

Independent evolution of highly variable, fragmented mitogenomes of parasitic lice

AD Sweet, KP Johnson, SL Cameron - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
The mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of bilaterian animals are highly conserved
structures that usually consist of a single circular chromosome. However, several species of …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial genomic landscape: a portrait of the mitochondrial genome 40 years after the first complete sequence

A Formaggioni, A Luchetti, F Plazzi - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Notwithstanding the initial claims of general conservation, mitochondrial genomes are a
largely heterogeneous set of organellar chromosomes which displays a bewildering …

Draft genome assemblies of the avian louse Brueelia nebulosa and its associates using long-read sequencing from an individual specimen

AD Sweet, DR Browne, AG Hernandez… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sequencing high molecular weight (HMW) DNA with long-read and linked-read
technologies has promoted a major increase in more complete genome sequences for …

A novel fragmented mitochondrial genome in the protist pathogen Toxoplasma gondii and related tissue coccidia

S Namasivayam, RP Baptista, W **ao, EM Hall… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Mitochondrial genome content and structure vary widely across the eukaryotic tree of life,
with protists displaying extreme examples. Apicomplexan and dinoflagellate protists have …

Mitochondrial genomes within bark lice (Insecta: Psocodea: Psocomorpha) reveal novel gene rearrangements containing phylogenetic signal

OF Saenz Manchola, S Virrueta Herrera… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Psocodea (booklice and parasitic lice) is an order of insects containing species with
extensive mitochondrial genome rearrangements, particularly within the suborder …

Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution

T Najer, J Doña, A Buček, AD Sweet, O Sychra… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
While mitochondrial genome content and organization is quite diverse across all
Eukaryotes, most bilaterian animal mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) exhibit highly …

Structure, gene order, and nucleotide composition of mitochondrial genomes in parasitic lice from Amblycera

AD Sweet, KP Johnson, Y Cao, RS de Moya… - Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Parasitic lice have unique mitochondrial (mt) genomes characterized by rearranged gene
orders, variable genome structures, and less AT content compared to most other insects …

[HTML][HTML] Fragmented mitochondrial genomes evolved in opposite directions between closely related macaque louse Pedicinus obtusus and colobus louse Pedicinus …

YT Fu, Y Dong, W Wang, Y Nie, GH Liu, R Shao - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
We report for the first time the fragmented mitochondrial (mt) genomes of two Pedicinus
species: Pedicinus obtusus and Pedicinus badii, and compared them with the lice of …