The single mitochondrial chromosome typical of animals has evolved into 18 minichromosomes in the human body louse, Pediculus humanus

(Downloading may take up to 30 seconds. If the slide opens in your browser, select File -> Save As to save it.)

Click on image to view larger version.

Figure 5.
Figure 5.

A putative stem-loop in the 302-bp highly conserved segment of the noncoding regions of the minicircular mitochondrial chromosomes of the human body louse, P. humanus.

This Article

  1. Published in Advance March 31, 2009, doi: 10.1101/gr.083188.108 Genome Res. 19: 904-912

Preprint Server



Current Issue

  1. January 2026, 36 (1)
  1. Current Issue
  1. Alert me to new issues of Genome Research