TABLE 1.
Length of T-stretch in the A + T-rich region of insect mtDNA
| Length of T-stretch (bp)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Species | Major coding | Minor coding |
| Holometabola | |||
| Diptera | Drosophila | 11–17a | 13–23a |
| Ceratitis capitata | 21 | 21 | |
| Chrysomya chloropyga | 23 | 19 | |
| Cochliomyia hominivorax | 25 | 23 | |
| Anopheles quadrimaculatus | 17 | 9 | |
| Anopheles gambiae | 17 | 6 | |
| Culex torrentium | 19 | 9 | |
| Lepidoptera | Bombyx mori | 18a | 11 |
| Cydia pomonella | 11 | 6 | |
| Pandemis heparana | 11 | 9 | |
| Hymenoptera | Apis mellifera | 15 | 7 |
| Coleoptera | Tribolium castaneum | 14a | 9 |
| Pyrocoelia rufa | 12 | 8 | |
| Crioceris duodecimpunctata | 17 | 12 | |
| Hemimetabola | |||
| Thysanoptera | Thrips imagines | 20 | 10 |
| Hemiptera | Rhopalosiphum padi | 11 | 6 |
| Triatoma dimidiate | 6 | 9 | |
| Phthiraptera | Heterodoxus macropus | 7 | 6 |
| Orthoptera | Locusta migratoria | 4 | 8 |
| Ametabola | |||
| Thysanura | Tricholepidion gertschi | 5 | 6 |
| Collembola | Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni | 9 | 5 |
| Tetrodontophora bielanensis | 4 | 6 | |
a
Ascertained the location of the T-stretch immediately upstream of the OR.