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Complete mitochondrial genome of the assassin bug Oncocephalus breviscutum (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Hu Li1, Jianyu Gao1, Wanzhi Cai1
1a Department of Entomology , China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Abstract:
The mitochondrial genome of an assassin bug, Oncocephalus breviscutum Reuter, is a typical circular DNA molecule of 15,984 bp with 37 genes and a large control region. The gene order is identical to that of the putative ancestral arrangement of insects. Twelve protein-coding genes start with ATN codon and ND4L uses GTG. All of the 22 tRNAs, ranging from 61 to 70 bp, have the clover-leaf structure except for the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm of trnS2 forms a simple loop. The control region is 1345 bp in length and includes six tandem repeats of three 31-nt and three 145-nt units.
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