Massive gene rearrangements of mitochondrial genomes and implications for the phylogeny of Trichoptera (Insecta)

X Ge, L Peng, AP Vogler, JC Morse… - Systematic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial genomes have been widely used for phylogenetic reconstruction and
evolutionary analysis in various groups of Insecta. Gene rearrangements in the mitogenome …

Integrative taxonomy uncovers hidden species diversity in the rheophilic genus Potamometra (Hemiptera: Gerridae)

C Zheng, Z Ye, X Zhu, H Zhang, X Dong… - Zoologica …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The genus Potamometra Bianchi, 1896 represents big rheophilic semi‐aquatic
bugs that typically inhabit middle‐altitude mountainous streams. Here, we integrated …

Higher tRNA gene duplication in mitogenomes of praying mantises (Dictyoptera, Mantodea) and the phylogeny within Mantodea

LP Zhang, DN Yu, KB Storey, HY Cheng… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
We acquired 21 complete mitogenomes and 6 nearly complete mitogenomes of mantises
belonging to 8 families (Hymenopodidae, Iridopterygidae, Mantidae, Metallyticidae …

Gene characteristics of the complete mitochondrial genomes of Paratoxodera polyacantha and Toxodera hauseri (Mantodea: Toxoderidae)

LP Zhang, YY Cai, DN Yu, KB Storey, JY Zhang - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
The family Toxoderidae (Mantodea) contains an ecologically diverse group of praying
mantis species that have in common greatly elongated bodies. In this study, we sequenced …

First Report on Mitochondrial Gene Rearrangement in Non-Biting Midges, Revealing a Synapomorphy in Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae)

CG Zheng, Z Liu, YM Zhao, Y Wang, WJ Bu, XH Wang… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Comparative mitogenomic analyses of hydropsychidae revealing the novel rearrangement of protein-coding gene and tRNA (Trichoptera: Annulipalpia)

X Ge, H Zang, X Ye, L Peng, B Wang, G Lian, C Sun - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The evolution of insect mitochondrial gene rearrangement is a hot topic,
and such rearrangements are common in certain insect orders. Gene rearrangement …

[HTML][HTML] Relaxed purifying selection pressure drives accelerated and dynamic gene rearrangements in thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) mitochondrial genomes

Q Liu, YD Cai, L Ma, H Liu, T Linghu, S Guo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Insect mitochondrial genomes (mitogenome) generally present a typical gene order, which
is considered as the ancestral arrangement. All sequenced mitogenomes in the …

The mitochondrial genomes of 18 new Pleurosticti (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) exhibit a novel trnQ-NCR-trnI-trnM gene rearrangement and clarify phylogenetic …

SPG Ayivi, Y Tong, KB Storey, DN Yu, JY Zhang - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The family Scarabaeidae is one of the largest families in the insect order
Coleoptera and is comprised of two quasi-systematics groups, Pleurosticti and Laparosticti …

Characterizing the complete mitochondrial genomes of three bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) harming bamboo

W Zhu, L Yang, J Long, Z Chang, N Gong, Y Mu, S Lv… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Herein, we report the mitochondrial genomic characteristics of three insect pests, Notobitus
meleagris, Macropes harringtonae, and Homoeocerus bipunctatus, collected from bamboo …

Insight into the phylogenetic relationships among three subfamilies within Heptageniidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) along with low-temperature selection pressure …

XD Xu, JY Guan, ZY Zhang, YR Cao, YY Cai, KB Storey… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Ephemeroptera is an ancient lineage of insects, among which the
Heptageniidae is one of the most species-rich families, although its phylogenetic …