The 13,738 bp mitochondrial DNA from the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis has been sequenced. It contains two major noncoding regions and 36 genes (12 for proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation, two for rRNAs and 22 for tRNAs) but a gene for ATPase subunit 8 is missing. All genes are transcribed in the same direction. Putative secondary structures of tRNAs indicate that most of them are conventional clover leaves but the dihydrouridine arm is unpaired in tRNA(Ser(AGN)), tRNA(Ser(UCN)), tRNA(Arg) and tRNA(Cys). The base composition at the wobble positions of fourfold degenerate codon families is highly biased toward U and against C.

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绦虫多房棘球绦虫（Cyclophyllidea：Taeniidae）的完整线粒体 DNA 序列

来自绦虫多房棘球绦虫的 13,738 bp 线粒体 DNA 已被测序。它包含两个主要的非编码区和 36 个基因（12 个用于参与氧化磷酸化的蛋白质，两个用于 rRNA，22 个用于 tRNA），但缺少一个 ATPase 亚基 8 的基因。所有基因都以相同的方向转录。tRNA 的假定二级结构表明它们中的大多数是传统的三叶草叶子，但二氢尿苷臂在 tRNA(Ser(AGN))、tRNA(Ser(UCN))、tRNA(Arg) 和 tRNA(Cys) 中未配对。四重简并密码子家族摆动位置的碱基组成高度偏向 U 和偏向 C。