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Complete mitochondrial genome of the Freshwater Catfish Rita rita (Siluriformes, Bagridae)
Punhal Lashari1,2,3, Muhammad Younis Laghari2,3, Peng Xu2
1a School of Life Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing , China .
Abstract:
The complete mitochondrial genome of Catfish, Rita rita, was isolated by LA PCR (TakaRa LAtaq, Dalian, China); and sequenced by Sanger's method to obtain the complete mitochondrial genome, which is listed Critically Endangered and Red Listed species. The complete mitogenome was 16,449 bp in length and contains 13 typical vertebrate protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA and 22 tRNA genes. The whole genome base composition was estimated to be 33.40% A, 27.43% C, 14.26% G and 24.89% T. The complete mitochondrial genome of catfish, Rita rita provides the basis for genetic breeding and conservation studies.
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