Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) kolonini (Ixodidae) and its phylogenetic implications
Ticks transmit diverse pathogens that cause human and animal diseases, leading to an increasing number of new challenges around the world. Genomic data research could help advance our learning of phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution. Mitochondrial genome DNA has been helpful in illustrating...
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Published in | Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 121; no. 7; pp. 1951 - 1962 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Berlin/Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
01.07.2022
Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | Ticks transmit diverse pathogens that cause human and animal diseases, leading to an increasing number of new challenges around the world. Genomic data research could help advance our learning of phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution. Mitochondrial genome DNA has been helpful in illustrating the phylogenetic analysis of eukaryotes containing ticks. In this research, we sequenced and assembled the circular complete mitogenome information of
Haemaphysalis kolonini.
The 14,948-bp mitogenome consists of 37 genes which included 13 genes for protein-coding, two genes for ribosomal RNA, 22 genes for transfer RNA, and two control regions (D-loops). Overall, the composition and arrangement of genes were compared with
Haemaphysalis
ticks previously recorded in Genbank. The phylogenetic tree based on Maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) computational algorithms showed that
H. kolonini
has a close relationship with
Haemaphysalis inermis.
The complete mitogenome data provide a preferable perception to the phylogenetic relationship than the single-gene data analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first research exploring the complete mitogenome for the species
H. kolonini.
Our results provide new insights for further research on the evolution, population genetics, systematics, and molecular ecology of ticks. |
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ISSN: | 0932-0113 1432-1955 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00436-022-07535-2 |