Table 3.

The Longest Stretches of Identical Sequence Shared by Mitochondrial Genes of the Three Human Lice, Which Have Fragmented Mitochondrial Genomes, and Six Other Species of Bilateral Animals that Have the Typical Mitochondrial Genomes

Pairs of gene		The Longest Stretches of Identical Sequence (bp)
		Pc	Pp	Ph	Bm	Cb	Hm	Dy	Ce	Hs
nad4	nad5	127, 30	NA	127, 30	13	15	15	16	14	11
rrnL	nad5	99	10	99	12	14	13	15	16	10
trnL1	trnL2	33, 32	35, 32	33, 32	7	6	7	10	6	6
trnR	trnG	28, 14	32, 26	28, 14	5	6	7	6	8	6
atp8	Cob	26	9	26	10	11	11	12	NA	9
rrnL	nad2	26	10	26	13	11	14	13	12	10
cox1	nad4L	10	29	10	13	11	14	13	12	10
trnI	trnT	6	16	6	6	5	7	7	9	6

Note.—The longest stretches of shared identical sequences are indicated in bold. Pc, Pediculus capititis (human head louse); Pp, Pthirus pubis (human pubic louse); Ph, Pediculus humanus (human body louse); Bm, Bothriometopus macrocnemis (screamer louse); Cb, Campanulotes bidentatus (pigeon louse); Hm, Heterodoxus macropus (wallaby louse); Dy, Drosophila yakuba (fruitfly); Ce, Caenorhabditis elegans (roundworm); Hs, Homo sapiens (human); NA, not applicable.