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| Title |
The single mitochondrial chromosome typical of animals has evolved into 18 minichromosomes in the human body louse, Pediculus humanus
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| Published in |
Genome Research, March 2009
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| DOI | 10.1101/gr.083188.108 |
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| Authors |
Renfu Shao, Ewen F. Kirkness, Stephen C. Barker |
| Abstract |
The mitochondrial (mt) genomes of animals typically consist of a single circular chromosome that is approximately 16-kb long and has 37 genes. Our analyses of the sequence reads from the Human Body Louse Genome Project and the patterns of gel electrophoresis and Southern hybridization revealed a novel type of mt genome in the sucking louse, Pediculus humanus. Instead of having all mt genes on a single chromosome, the 37 mt genes of this louse are on 18 minicircular chromosomes. Each minicircular chromosome is 3-4 kb long and has one to three genes. Minicircular mt chromosomes are also present in the four other species of sucking lice that we investigated, but not in chewing lice nor in the Psocoptera, to which sucking lice are most closely related. We also report unequivocal evidence for recombination between minicircular mt chromosomes in P. humanus and for sequence variation in mt genes generated by recombination. The advantages of a fragmented mt genome, if any, are currently unknown. Fragmentation of mt genome, however, has coevolved with blood feeding in the sucking lice. It will be of interest to explore whether or not life history features are associated with the evolution of fragmented chromosomes. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 117 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 5% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| Czechia | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 99 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 38 | 32% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 19% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 8% |
| Professor | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 7 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 72 | 62% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 8 | 7% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2020.
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#2,292,981
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#1,136
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#7,047
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#10
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