Table 1.
Characteristics of protein-coding genes of cecidomyiids and other Diptera
| atp6 | atp8 | cox1 | cox2 | cox3 | cytb | nad1 | nad2 | nad3 | nad4 | nad4l | nad5 | nad6 | |
| Mayetiola | |||||||||||||
| Length | 223 | 51 | 511 | 225 | 260 | 375 | 301 | 324 | 116 | 436 | 90 | 558 | 160 |
| Initiator | ATG | ATT | ATT | ATA | ATA | ATT | ATG | ATA | ATT | ATT | TTT | ATT | ATG |
| Terminator | TAA | (TAA) | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAG | TAA | TA(A) | TAA |
| A + T (%) | 82.5 | 94.1 | 74.3 | 80.2 | 79.2 | 79.3 | 82.0 | 89.8 | 86.0 | 82.3 | 89.4 | 83.2 | 91.1 |
| Rhopalomyia | |||||||||||||
| Length | 223 | 51 | 512 | 224 | 260 | 372 | 301 | 325 | 116 | 437 | 90 | 554 | 155 |
| Initiator | ATG | ATT | TTT | ATA | TTA | ATA | ATA | ATA | ATA | ATA | ATA | ATT | ATA |
| Terminator | TAA | (TAA) | TA(A) | TAA | TA(A) | T | TAA | TAA | TAA | T | TAA | TAA | TAA |
| A + T (%) | 82.8 | 92.8 | 76.6 | 81.5 | 80.3 | 80.3 | 83.3 | 91.3 | 85.8 | 83.1 | 89.0 | 85.2 | 92.1 |
| Asphondylia | |||||||||||||
| Length | 223 | 52 | 511 | 219 | n/a | 378 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 437 | 90 | n/a | 154 |
| Initiator | ATG | ATT | ATT | ATT | ATT | ATA | ATA | n/a | n/a | ATG | TTT | ATA | ATT |
| Terminator | TAA | (TAA) | TAA | TAA | n/a | TAA | TAG | TAA | n/a | TAA | TAA | n/a | TAA |
| A + T (%) | 83.0 | 91.7 | 74.8 | 81.1 | 80.8 | 81.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 85.2 | 88.6 | 84.8 | 92.9 |
| Bradysia | |||||||||||||
| Length | 224 | 55 | 512 | 227 | 262 | 378 | 313 | 344 | n/a | 446 | n/a | 574 | n/a |
| Initiator | ATG | ATC | ATG | ATT | ATG | ATA | ATA | ATA | ATT | ATG | n/a | ATA | n/a |
| Terminator | TAA | (TAA) | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAA | TAG | TAA | TAA | (TAA) | n/a | TAA |
| A + T (%) | 75.0 | 88.5 | 69.0 | 74.3 | 71.4 | 73.0 | 76.7 | 81.9 | 74.7 | 78.4 | n/a | 78.7 | n/a |
| Anopheles | |||||||||||||
| Length | 226 | 53 | 512 | 228 | 262 | 378 | 314 | 341 | 117 | 448 | 99 | 574 | 173 |
| Initiator | ATG | ATC | TCG | ATG | ATG | ATG | ATA | ATC | ATA | ATG | ATG | TAT | ATT |
| Terminator | TA(A) | (TAA) | T | T | TA | TAA | TAA | T(AA) | TAA | T | TAA | TAA | TAA |
| A + T (%) | 74.3 | 81.8 | 68.6 | 73.1 | 70.4 | 72.4 | 76.6 | 83.0 | 79.4 | 77.7 | 82.7 | 78.2 | 84.9 |
| Drosophila | |||||||||||||
| Length | 224 | 53 | 511 | 228 | 262 | 378 | 315 | 341 | 117 | 447 | 96 | 573 | 174 |
| Initiator | ATG | ATT | TCG | ATG | ATG | ATG | ATA | ATT | ATT | ATG | ATG | ATT | ATT |
| Terminator | TA(A) | (TAA) | TAA | T | TAA | TAA | T | T(AA) | TAA | T | TAA | T | TAA |
| A + T (%) | 75.8 | 82.4 | 69.6 | 73.8 | 71.1 | 73.8 | 78.6 | 81.4 | 79.4 | 79.6 | 83.8 | 77.7 | 84.8 |
Note.—The length of each gene is given in codons. Initiators and terminators are shown as coded in the DNA sequences. Overlaps of one or more residues in the terminator with the downstream gene are indicated with parentheses. n/a, not available.