A variant of the invertebrate mitochondrial genetic code was previously identified in
arthropods (Abascal et al. 2006a, PLoS Biol 4: e127) in which, instead of translating the …

The genetic code provides the translation table necessary to transform the information
contained in DNA into the language of proteins. In this table, a correspondence between …

In the species-rich Phylum Arthropoda, the mitochondrial genome is relatively well
conserved both in terms of number and order of genes. However, specific clades have a …

A new PCR primer set which enables one-step amplification of complete arthropod
mitochondrial genomes was designed from two conserved 16S rDNA regions for the long …

Insects, the most biodiverse taxonomic group, have high AT content in their mitochondrial
genomes. Although codon usage tends to be AT-rich, base composition and codon usage of …

The complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the Antarctic amphipod
Gondogeneia antarctica was determined to be 18,424 bp in length, and to contain 13 protein …

In animal mitochondria, six codons have been known as nonuniversal genetic codes, which
vary in the course of animal evolution. They are UGA (termination codon in the universal …

Abstract We present the complete 15,455-nt mitochondrial DNA sequence of the springtail
Tetrodontophora bielanensis (Arthropoda, Hexapoda, Collembola). The gene content is …

Background Gastropod mitochondrial genomes exhibit an unusually great variety of gene
orders compared to other metazoan mitochondrial genome such as eg those of vertebrates …

Mitochondrial genes have been used extensively in population genetic and
phylogeographical analyses, in part due to a high rate of nucleotide substitution in animal …