Poster (download) Elena V. Romanova1, Yurij S. Bukin2, Kirill V. Mikhailov3, Maria D. Logacheva4, Elena A. Sirotinina5, Vladimir V. Aleoshin6, Dmitry Yu. Sherbakov71Laboratory of Molecular Systematics LIN SB RAS, elena_romanova@lin.irk.ru2Laboratory of Molecular Systematics LIN SB RAS, bukinyura@mail.ru3Belozersky Institute for Physicochemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, kv.mikhailov@gmail.com4Belozersky Institute for Physicochemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, maria.log@gmail.com5Laboratory of Molecular Systematics LIN SB RAS, haleo.inc@gmail.com6Belozersky Institute for Physicochemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, aleshin@genebee.msu.su7Laboratory of Molecular Systematics LIN SB RAS, dysh007@gmail.com We performed a thorough analysis of mitochondrial (mt) genomes of amphipods with the focus on endemic Baikalian species. Possible causes and mechanisms explaining an unusually high variability in mt genomes of Baikalian amphipods in comparison to that of non-Baikalian species are discussed.