The first complete mitochondrial genome from the family Solasteridae, Crossaster papposus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea)

Abstract

The common sunstar, Crossaster papposus, belongs to the family Solasteridae whose ordinal classification has been unstable. Here, for the first time, we assembled and annotated the complete mitochondrial genome of the common sunstar, C. papposus Linnaeus, 1767. The circular genome of C. papposus is 16,335 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, a control region, and large and small ribosomal subunits. The overall genomic structure and gene arrangement were identical to the reported mitochondrial genomes of sea star species, and a phylogenetic analysis of 13 PCGs recovers a closest relationship with the derived cluster of the paraphyletic order Valvatida.

Functional annotation and comparative analysis of four Botrytis cinerea mitogenomes reported from Punjab, Pakistan

“…Mitogenome of M. laxa with the largest fungal mitogenome of 178,357 bp is available on the NCBI organelle genome database search. Mitochondrial genomes are considered as markers for studying evolutionary biology because of their speedy evolution mechanism ( Li et al, 2019 , Nam et al, 2021 , Vanhove et al, 2018 ).…”