Table 1.

Summary of δ^* differences of Mt genomes

Comparison	δ*	Description
Among mammalian Mt	<40	Very close
Among all vertebrates including birds, frogs, fish	<67	Mainly close
Vertebrates vs. nonvertebrate deuterostomes	55–120	Moderate to weak similarity
Deuterostomes vs. protostomes	Mostly 34–152	Moderate to distant similarity
Fungi vs. animals	Mostly 43–128	Moderate to weak similarity
Plants vs. (animals and fungi)	84–179	Weak similarity to distant
C. reinhardtii vs. animals	Mostly 141–212	Distant to very distant