Cucini Claudio, Carapelli Antonio, Brunetti Claudia, Molero-Baltanás Rafael, Gaju-Ricart Miquel, Nardi Francesco
Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Department of Zoology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 13;6(1):119-121. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1848480.
The silverfish belongs to the family Lepismatidae within Zygentoma and is well known for the peculiar habit of living in strict association with ant nests (myrmecophily). In this study, we describe its mitochondrial genome, a circular molecule of 15,398 bp including the canonical 13 PCGs, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, as well as a 403 bp AT-rich region. A phylomitogenomic analysis of the new sequence, alongside basal hexapod mtDNAs, confirmed the monophyly of all orders, with some uncertainty over the position of the enigmatic that would make Zygentoma paraphyletic. is recovered in a basal position within family Lepismatidae, at odd with our current understanding of the group that would, in turn, suggest a closer relationship with the genus (Mendes, 1991).
衣鱼属于缨尾目衣鱼科，因其与蚁巢紧密共生的独特习性（蚁栖性）而闻名。在本研究中，我们描述了其线粒体基因组，这是一个15398 bp的环状分子，包括标准的13个蛋白质编码基因（PCGs）、22个转运RNA（tRNAs）、2个核糖体RNA（rRNAs）以及一个403 bp的富含AT的区域。对新序列以及基础六足动物线粒体DNA进行的系统发育基因组分析证实了所有目均为单系群，但对于神秘的[此处原文缺失相关物种名]的位置存在一些不确定性，这将使缨尾目成为并系群。[此处原文缺失相关物种名]在衣鱼科内处于基部位置，这与我们目前对该类群的理解相悖，进而表明它与[此处原文缺失相关属名]属（门德斯，1991年）的关系更为密切。
