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Table 4 The statistics of mutation locations in mitochondrial tRNAs

From: Polymorphism of mitochondrial tRNA genes associated with the number of pigs born alive

TRNA locationa

Number

tRNA geneb

A stem

2

tRNA-Ala(1), tRNA-Thr(1)

D loop

4

tRNA-Leu(2), tRNA-Cys(1), tRNA-Gly(1)

T loop

7

tRNA-Val(2), tRNA-Asp(1), tRNA-Thr(1), tRNA-Ala(2), tRNA-Glu(1)

T stem

3

tRNA-Phe(3)

  1. aThe location in the secondary structure of tRNA: D loop referred to the tRNA dihydrouridine loop; T stem and loop referred to the TφC stem and loop, respectively; A stem referred to the acceptor stem
  2. bThe number in the parentheses was the frequency of tRNA mutations in the corresponding genes