The complete mitochondrial genome of Sasakia funebris (Leech) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and comparison with other Apaturinae insects |
| |
Authors: | Ju Ping Wang Tian Wen Cao Shan Bin Xuan Hui Wang Min Zhang En bo Ma |
| |
Institution: | 1. Institute of Plant Protection, Shanxi Academy of Agriculture Science, Taiyuan 030032, China;2. Department of Scientific Research Management, Shanxi Academy of Agriculture Science, Taiyuan 030006, China;3. Research Institute of Applied Biology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China |
| |
Abstract: | Sasakia funebris, a member of the lepidopteran family, Nymphalidae (superfamily Papilionoidea) is a rare species and is found only in some areas of South China. In this study, the 15,233 bp long complete mitochondrial genome of S. funebris was determined, and harbors the gene arrangement identical to all other sequenced lepidopteran insects. The nucleotide composition of the genome is highly A + T biased, accounting for 81.2%. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) start with typical ATN codons, except for COI which begins with the CGA codon. All tRNAs have a typical clover-leaf secondary structure, except for tRNASer(AGN), the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm of which forms a simple loop. The S. funebris A + T-rich region of 370 bp contains several features common to the Lepidoptera insects, including the motif ATAGA followed by a 19 bp poly-T stretch, and two tandem repeats consisting of 18 bp repeat units and 14 bp repeat units. The phylogenetic analyses of Apaturinae based on mitogenome sequences showed: (S. funebris + Sasakia charonda) + (Apatura metis + Apatura ilia). This result is consistent with the morphological classification. |
| |
Keywords: | A + T-rich region adenine + thymine-rich region ATP6 ATPase subunit 6 ATP8 ATPase subunit 8 BI Bayesian inference bp base pair(s) COI&ndash COIII cytochrome oxidase subunits 1&ndash 3 Cytb cytochrome B kb kilobase lrRNA and srRNA large and small subunit of ribosomal RNA genes ML Maximum likelihood mtDNA mitochondrial DNA ND1&ndash 6 and ND4L NADH dehydrogenase subunits 1&ndash 6 and ND4L PCG protein-coding gene PCR polymerase chain reaction tRNAXXX genes encoding for transfer RNA molecules with corresponding amino acids denoted with a three-letter code and anticodon indicated in parentheses (XXX) when necessary |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|