2.5 Repetitive element analysis
Tandem repeats (> 10 bp in length) in the four mitogenomes were detected using the Tandem Repeats Finder program [47], with default parameters. In addition, repeat sequences were identified using the REPuter program [48] to identify forward (direct), reverse, complemented, and palindromic (reverse complemented) repeats across the four mitogenomes, using a minimum repeat size of 30 and a hamming distance set to 3.