Mitochondrial genomes of Columbicola feather lice are highly fragmented, indicating repeated evolution of minicircle-type genomes in parasitic lice
A. D. Sweet, K. P. Johnson, S. L. Cameron
The paper analyzes mitochondrial genomes of Columbicola feather lice and finds they are highly fragmented into minicircles, suggesting multiple independent origins of this genomic structure in parasitic lice.
bioRxiv · Jun 12, 2019Evolutionary Biology