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. 2020 Sep 16;5(3):3366-3368.
doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1821811.

Complete mitogenome of the ixodid tick Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari: Ixodida)

Mikhail Yu Kartashov  1   2 , Alexander N Shvalov  1 , Natalya L Tupota  1 , Vladimir N Romanenko  2 , Nina S Moskvitina  2 , Vladimir A Ternovoi  1 , Valery B Loktev  1
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Complete mitogenome of the ixodid tick Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari: Ixodida)

Mikhail Yu Kartashov et al. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. .

Abstract

Here, we present the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Dermacentor reticulatus. The mitogenome is 14,806 bp and contains 13 protein-coding, 2 rRNA, and 22 tRNA genes, along with 2 control regions. Dermacentor reticulatus mitogenome has the common mitochondrial gene order of Metastriata ticks. It is phylogenetically close to the mitogenomes of Dermacentor ticks, of which D. everestanus mitogenome is the closest with 85.7% similarity. These data provide insights into the phylogenetic relations among Dermacentor ticks.

Keywords: Dermacentor reticulatus; Tick; mitogenome; tick-borne infections.

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Figure 1.
Phylogenetic relationships between D. reticulatus and other tick species, based on mitochondrial sequences. The method of maximal likelihood with the GTR (G + I) algorithm was used (Guindon et al. 2010). Support indices were defined using the bootstrap method with 1000 repeats. MEGA X software was used for visualization (Kumar et al. 2018). The GenBank accession numbers and species of ticks are indicated on the tree. The genetic distance scale is shown at the bottom. The bold type was sequenced in this study.
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