Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 21, 2026

Genotyping Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Mitochondrial Genome by Pyrosequencing
Published on: February 10, 2023
Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae)
Anderson Oliveira do Carmo1, Pedro Ferreira Pinto Brandão Dias1, Ana Paula Vimieiro Martins1
1a Departamento de Biologia Geral , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos , Pampulha , Belo Horizonte , MG , Brasil and.
Abstract:
Prochilodus lineatus (curimba) is an important Brazilian freshwater migratory fish with substantial economic importance in fishing. The complete mitochondrial genome of P. lineatus is 16,699 bp and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and one control region (D-loop). The mtDNA of P. lineatus is the first mitogenome of the Prochilodontidae family to be fully characterized. All of the PCGs in the mtDNA use the standard ATG start codon, with the exception of Cox1 that utilizes the GTG start codon. Six of the 13 PCGs contain TAA stop codons, two contain the incomplete stop codon TA- (Atp6 and Nd6), and five contain the incomplete stop codon T- - (Nd2, Cox2, Nd3, Nd4 and Cytb).
Related Concept Videos
Comparing Mitochondrial, Chloroplast, and Prokaryotic Genomes
Animal Mitochondrial Genetics
Export of Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Genes
Evolutionary Relationships through Genome Comparisons
Genomic DNA in Prokaryotes
Genomic Diversity in Bacteria
Although bacterial genomes are much...
Multi-species Conserved Sequences
Although the genome of each species varies greatly from each other, a few sequences are highly conserved. Such conserved...

