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. 2012 Oct 15;7(10):e47538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047538

Figure 1. Mitochondrial gene arrangement of Ixodes ricinus and 10 other Ixodida species.

Figure 1

Translocated genes are reported in the same colour. Black block: non-coding regions ≥9 bp in all species of a taxonomic group, with bp range indicated by dashed lines; red block: Tick-Box within a non-coding region; red-hatched block: Tick-Box overlapped to trnL(CUN); red arrow: direction of the Tick-Box; black-hatched block: overlaps between genes; grey block: duplicated control region. The majority (J) and the minority (N) DNA strands, defined by the number of encoded genes, are also indicated. Gene abbreviations: 8, atp6: subunits 8 and 6 of the F0 ATPase; cox1-3: cytochrome c oxidase subunits 1–3; cob: cytochrome b; nad1–6 and nad4L: NADH dehydrogenase subunits 1–6 and 4L; rrnS and rrnL: small and large subunit rRNAs. tRNA genes are indicated by the one-letter code of the transported amino acid, with Lu: trnL(UUR); Lc: trnL(CUN); Sa: trnS(AGN); Su: trnS(UCN). Analysed mtDNAs are listed in Table 1.