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. 2022 Aug;121(8):2347-2358.
doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07561-0. Epub 2022 Jun 2.

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Ixodes granulatus (Ixodidae) and its phylogenetic implications

Xin-Yan Lu #  1 , Quan-Fu Zhang #  2 , Dan-Dan Jiang  3 , Chun-Hong Du  4 , Rong Xu  5 , Xian-Guo Guo  6 , Xing Yang  7
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Ixodes granulatus (Ixodidae) and its phylogenetic implications

Xin-Yan Lu et al. Parasitol Res. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Ticks are deemed to be second only to mosquitoes as the most common vector of human infectious diseases worldwide that give rise to human and animal diseases and economic losses to livestock production. Our understanding of the phylogenetic analysis between tick lineages has been restricted by the phylogenetic markers of individual genes. Genomic data research could help advance our understanding of phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution. Mitochondrial genomic DNA facilitated the phylogenetic analysis of eukaryotes containing ticks. In this study, we sequenced and assembled the circular complete mitogenome information of Ixodes granulatus. The 14,540-bp mitogenome consists of 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two genes for ribosomal RNA (rRNAs), and 22 genes for transfer RNA (tRNAs), and the origin of the L-strand replication region. The directions of the coding strand and component genes in the non-Australasian Ixodes mitochondrial genome were similar to those found in most other Australasian Ixodes, except for the loss of a lengthy control region. The phylogenetic tree based on maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) computational algorithms showed that I. granulatus exhibits a close relationship with I. hexagonus and I. ricinus. To our knowledge, this is the first study exploring the complete mitogenome for the species I. granulatus. Our results provide new insights for further research on the evolution, population genetics, systematics, and molecular ecology of ticks.

Keywords: Ixodes granulatus; Mitochondrial genome; Phylogeny; Tick.

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