Surf1p is a protein of the inner membrane of mitochondria that functions in the assembly of cytochrome-c oxidase. The specifics of the role of Surf1p have remained unresolved. Numerous mutations in human Surf1p lead to severe mitochondrial disease. A homolog of human Surf1p is encoded by the genome of the alpha-proteobacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, which synthesizes a mitochondrial-like aa(3...

AIM Partial fragment of D-loop region extending from 35 to 770 were compared with corresponding sequences of 16 wild pigs and 9 domestic pig breeds from different parts of the world for detection of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in the region. The paper also reappraises SNP markers from two fragments of cytochrome b gene and a fragment 12S rRNA gene distinguishing the Indian wild...

Species Identification in Forensic Casework Analysis: Validation Studies on the Sequence Analysis of the Cytochrome B Gene. Walther Parson, Karin Pegoraro, Harald Niederstätter, Richard Scheithauer Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Muellerstr. 44, Innsbruck, Austria 3⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄41⁄23⁄...

To investigate genetic mechanisms of high altitude adaptations of native mammals on the Tibetan Plateau, we compared mitochondrial sequences of the endangered Pantholops hodgsonii with its lowland distant relatives Ovis aries and Capra hircus, as well as other mammals. The complete mitochondrial genome of P. hodgsonii (16,498 bp) revealed a similar gene order as of other mammals. Because of tan...

Maruca vitrata is one of the primary biotic constraints for pigeon pea production in India. The present study assessed genetic variation and population structure M. from diverse agro-ecologies India using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene. A low number segregating sites (10), haplotypes (13), nucleotide diversity (0.00136), overall mean distance (0.0013) were observed among populations....

Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences (numts) are copies of mitochondrial DNA that have migrated to the genomic DNA. We present the first characterization of numts in ants, these numts being homologues to a mitochondrial DNA fragment containing loci the 3' portion of the cytochrome oxidase I gene, an intergenic spacer, the tRNA leucine gene and the 5' portion of the cytochrome oxidase II gene. A...

In this study, molecular taxonomy associated with Spicara flexuosa, maena, and smaris was examined a geographical focus along the coasts of Turkey Mediterranean. addition, effects Turkish Straits System on evolutionary history phylogeography flexuosa were investigated. The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I, b, nuclear Interphotoreceptor retinoid–binding protein genes used for these purposes....

Pancorius Simon, 1902 is a relatively large genus of jumping spider family Salticidae and currently contains 42 valid species that are mainly distributed in South East Asia, 11 which recorded from China. A new the Guiyang City southwest China, described under name P. guiyang Yang, Gu & Yu, sp. nov. Detailed descriptions photographs provided. DNA barcodes (a partial fragment mitochondrial cy...

Mitochondrial-encoded genes are increasingly targeted in studies using high-throughput sequencing approaches for characterizing metazoan communities from environmental samples (e.g., plankton, meiofauna, filtered water). Yet, unlike nuclear ribosomal RNA markers, there is to date no high-quality reference dataset available for taxonomic assignments. Here, we retrieved all metazoan mitochondrial...

background: we aimed to develop a pcr-rflp assay based on available sequences of putative vertebrate hosts to iden­tify blood meals ingested by field female sand fly in the northwest of iran. in addition, the utility of pcr-rflp was compared with elisa as a standard method. methods: this experimental study was performed in the insect molecular biology laboratory of school of public health, tehr...