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 …

Simple Summary New sequencing technologies have now made it possible to sequence
entire genomes for a diversity of life on earth. Parasites comprise nearly half of all species …

The mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of bilaterian animals are highly conserved
structures that usually consist of a single circular chromosome. However, several species of …

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 …

Psocodea (booklice and parasitic lice) is an order of insects containing species with
extensive mitochondrial genome rearrangements, particularly within the suborder …

Simple Summary Gene rearrangement is an additional type of data to support relationships
of taxa, with rearrangement synapomorphies identified across multiple orders and at many …

The pigeon louse Columbicola columbae is a longstanding and important model for studies
of ectoparasitism and host-parasite coevolution. However, a deeper understanding of its …

Simple Summary Aeolothrips, commonly known as banded thrips, is the largest genus of the
family Aeolothripidae (predatory thrips). In the current study, we sequenced the …

Simple Summary Tabanidae suck the blood of humans and animals, are important
biological vectors for the transmission of diseases, and are of considerable economic and …

The over 4,100 species of bird lice are classified into 214 genera in the parvorders
Amblycera and Ischnocera. Congeneric species of bird lice usually share much similarity in …