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Mitochondrial (mt) DNA of the phytophagous miteTetranychus urticae was purified and a restriction map was constructed. The 12.5 kb long genome is the shortest animal mtDNA known. A 564 bp clone comprising part of the gene for cytochrome oxidase subunit I was sequenced. As has been found in insects, the mitochondrial sequences of mites are extremely A+T rich (75% on average, 96.5% at the third codon position).
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Fournier, D., Bride, J.M. & Navajas, M. Mitochondrial DNA from a spider mite: isolation, restriction map and partial sequence of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene. Genetica 94, 73–75 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01429222
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