Mitochondrial DNA from a spider mite: isolation, restriction map and partial sequence of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene.
Mitochondrial (mt) DNA of the phytophagous mite Tetranychus urticae was purified and a restriction map was constructed. The 12.5 kb long genome is the shortest animal mtDNA known. A 564 bp clone comprising part of the gene for cytochrome oxidase subunit I was sequenced. As has been found in insects, the mitochondrial sequences of mites are extremely A+T rich (75% on average, 96.5% at the third codon position).
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Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés, INRA, Antibes, France.
Bride
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Navajas
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D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D008925:Mites / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV