The mitogenome of the bed bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

Authors

Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Fordham University
Jonathan Foox, American Museum of Natural History
Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld, American Museum of Natural History
Mercer R. Brugler, CUNY New York City College of TechnologyFollow
Darryl Reeves, Weill Cornell Medical College
Joshua B. Benoit, University of Cincinnati
Warren Booth, University of Tulsa
Grant Robison, University of Tulsa
Michael Steffen, University of Tulsa
Zoe Sakas, Fordham University
Subba R. Palli, University of Kentucky
Coby Schal, North Carolina State University
Stephen Richards, Baylor College of Medicine
Apurva Narechania, American Museum of Natural History
Richard H. Baker, American Museum of Natural History
Louis N. Sorkin, American Museum of Natural History
George Amato, American Museum of Natural History
Christopher E. Mason, Weill Cornell Medical College
Mark E. Siddall, American Museum of Natural History
Rob DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

We report the extraction of a bed bug mitogenome from high-throughput sequencing projects originally focused on the nuclear genome of Cimex lectularius. The assembled mitogenome has a similar AT nucleotide composition bias found in other insects. Phylogenetic analysis of all protein-coding genes indicates that C. lectularius is clearly a member of a paraphyletic Cimicomorpha clade within the Order Hemiptera.

Comments

This article was originally published in Mitochondrial DNA Part B, available at DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1180268.

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