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Table 2 The longest identical sequences shared by mitochondrial genes of the chimpanzee louse and the human lice, which have fragmented mitochondrial genomes, and six other species of animals, which have typical mitochondrial genomes

From: The mitochondrial genome of the chimpanzee louse, Pediculus schaeffi: insights into the process of mitochondrial genome fragmentation in the blood-sucking lice of great apes

Pair of gene

The longest shared identical sequences (bp)

Ps

Pc

Ph

Pp

Bm

Cb

Hm

Dy

Ce

Hs

trnL 1

trnL 2

32, 34

32, 33

32, 33

32, 35

7

6

7

10

6

6

trnG

trnR

10

14, 28

14, 28

26, 32

5

6

7

6

8

6

trnI

trnT

7

6

6

16

6

5

7

7

9

6

cox1

nad4L

11

10

10

29

13

11

14

13

12

10

nad5

rrnL

101

99

99

10

12

14

13

15

16

10

nad2

rrnL

11

26

26

10

13

11

14

13

12

10

cox1

nad3

49

11

10

11

13

11

12

13

11

12

atp8

cob

54

26

26

9

10

11

11

12

N.A.

9

nad4

nad5

31, 133

30, 130

30, 130

N.A.

13

15

15

16

14

11

  1. Shared identical sequences longer than expected by chance are in bold
  2. Ps Pediculus schaeffi (chimpanzee louse), Pc Pediculus capitis (human head louse), Ph Pediculus humanus (human body louse), Pp Pthirus pubis (human pubic louse), Bm Bothriometopus macrocnemis (screamer louse), Cb Campanulotes bidentatus (pigeon louse), Hm Heterodoxus macropus (wallaby louse), Dy Drosophila yakuba (fruitfly), Ce Caenorhabditis elegans (roundworm), Hs Homo sapiens (human)