A complete mitochondrial genome sequence for the Australian turtle, Chelodina longicollis, obtained using 454-pyrosequencing

作者：Zhang Xiuwen; Georges Arthur^*

来源：Conservation Genetics Resources, 2014, 6(3): 555-557.

DOI：10.1007/s12686-014-0202-z

• 454 sequencing
• Complete mitogenome
• O-L
• tRNA(ser2)

The mitochondrial genome of the Australia eastern long-necked turtle Chelodina longicollis is 16,437 bp, containing 37 genes, with overall gene organisation and nucleotide composition typical of mitogenomes of other vertebrates. We identified a presumptive light strand replication initiation site (O-L) in the WANCY region, a feature thought to be absent from the side-necked turtles (Pleurodira). The tRNA(ser2) of C. longicollis lacks a D-arm. This is the fifth mitogenome published for the Pleurodira, the third for the Chelidae and the first turtle mitogenome generated using next-generation sequencing. It will assist the development of primers and strategies for examining mitochondrial variation across the side-necked turtles.

• 出版日期2014-9