A parasitological study carried out in May 2022 and March 2023 the Nyando River of Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya, disclosed two parasitic lernaeid copepods: Lamproglena cleopatra Humes, 1957, from gills a cyprinid, Ningu Labeo victorianus Boulenger, 1901, endemic to drainage system, clariae Fryer, clariid, North African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). The copepods were studied supplem...

Peter J Campbell1,4, Philip J Stephens1,4, Erin D Pleasance1, Sarah O’Meara1, Heng Li1, Thomas Santarius1,3, Lucy A Stebbings1, Catherine Leroy1, Sarah Edkins1, Claire Hardy1, Jon W Teague1, Andrew Menzies1, Ian Goodhead1, Daniel J Turner1, Christopher M Clee1, Michael A Quail1, Antony Cox1, Clive Brown1, Richard Durbin1, Matthew E Hurles1, Paul A W Edwards2, Graham R Bignell1, Michael R Stratt...

We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Lichtheimia ramosa (syn. Lichtheimia hongkongensis), the first complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the genus Lichtheimia. This 31.8-kb mitochondrial genome encodes 11 subunits of respiratory chain complexes, 3 ATP synthase subunits, 25 tRNAs, and small and large rRNAs, with the gene order atp9-cox2-atp6-cox3-cox1-nad2-nad3-cob-nad1-nad6...

aphids are among important agricultural pests. the pest's evolutionary tendency towards a loss of taxonomically useful characteristics, as well as morphological plasticity due to host type and as a result of environmental factors, make a morphological identification of aphids difficult, whereas exact identification is indispensable for managment of these pests. thus, modern identification ...

BACKGROUND DNA barcoding is a popular tool in taxonomic and phylogenetic studies, but for most animal lineages protocols for obtaining the barcoding sequences--mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (cox1 AKA CO1)--are not standardized. Our aim was to explore an optimal strategy for arachnids, focusing on the species-richest lineage, spiders by (1) improving an automated DNA extraction pr...

Hypomyces aurantius is a mycoparasite that causes cobweb disease, a most serious disease of cultivated mushrooms. Intra-species identification is vital for disease control, however the lack of genomic data makes development of molecular markers challenging. Small size, high copy number, and high mutation rate of fungal mitochondrial genome makes it a good candidate for intra and inter species d...

Bu çalışmada Kastamonu’nun merkez ilçesinde bir yaban domuzunun nekropsi analizi sonucunda akciğerlerinde belirlenen ve morfolojik identifikasyonla Metastrongylus pudentodectus olarak teşhis edilen akciğer kıl kurtlarının mitokondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COX1) gen bölgesi moleküler karakterize edilmiş filogenetik ilişkileri araştırılmıştır. barkodlama analizlerine 10 adet M. pudon...