The complete mitochondrial genome of Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus)

Abstract

Lepisosteus platyrhincus is a member of the family Lepisosteidae living in the Western Hemisphere. It is a primitive air-breathing fish with the special intermediate position of phylogeny and between elasmobranchs and teleosts. Herein, we first sequenced and assembled the complete mitochondrial genome of Lepisosteus platyrhincus . The total length of mitochondrion is 16 320 bp with GC content of 42.43%, containing 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and a 564 bp control region. The accuracy of the fresh sequences was verified by phylogenetic analysis. This mitochondrial genome provides potentially important resources for addressing taxonomic issues and studying molecular evolution.

The complete mitochondrial DNA of the Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus)

“…The mitogenome structure includes 13 proteincoding genes, two rRNA genes (12S and 16S), 22 tRNA genes and a control region (D-loop, located between tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe). Main mitogenome features in terms of structure; GC content and gene order were similar to other gar species (Inoue et al 2003;Broughton and Reneau 2006;Del R ıo-Portilla et al 2016;Yu et al 2016). A. tristoechus was phylogenetically close to A. spatula (Figure 1) as shown previously (Wright et al 2012).…”

“… 2016 ; Yu et al. 2016 ). A. tristoechus was phylogenetically close to A. spatula ( Figure 1 ) as shown previously (Wright et al.…”