The Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Occurs on a Minichromosome with Extensive Heteroplasmy in Two Species of Chewing Lice, Geomydoecus aurei and Thomomydoecus minor

Lucas L. Pietan; Theresa A. Spradling; James W. Demastes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162248

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

The Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Occurs on a Minichromosome with Extensive Heteroplasmy in Two Species of Chewing Lice, Geomydoecus aurei and Thomomydoecus minor

Lucas L. Pietan,

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States of America
⨯
Theresa A. Spradling,

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States of America
⨯
James W. Demastes

* E-mail: Jim.Demastes@uni.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2783-450X

⨯

The Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Occurs on a Minichromosome with Extensive Heteroplasmy in Two Species of Chewing Lice, Geomydoecus aurei and Thomomydoecus minor

Lucas L. Pietan,
Theresa A. Spradling,
James W. Demastes

Published: September 2, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162248

About the Authors

Lucas L. Pietan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States of America

Theresa A. Spradling

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States of America

James W. Demastes

* E-mail: Jim.Demastes@uni.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2783-450X

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWD TAS. Performed the experiments: LLP JWD. Analyzed the data: JWD LLP TAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWD TAS. Wrote the paper: TAS LLP JWD.

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Cloning
Is the Subject Area "Cloning" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Mitochondria
Is the Subject Area "Mitochondria" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Heteroplasmy
Is the Subject Area "Heteroplasmy" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Genomics
Is the Subject Area "Genomics" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Polymerase chain reaction
Is the Subject Area "Polymerase chain reaction" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Sequence alignment
Is the Subject Area "Sequence alignment" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Transfer RNA
Is the Subject Area "Transfer RNA" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Invertebrate genomics
Is the Subject Area "Invertebrate genomics" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.