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Novel Sequence Discovery by Subtractive Genomics
Published on: January 25, 2019
Complete mitochondrial genome of the palemargin grouper Epinephelus bontoides (Pisces: Perciformes)
Sheng-Tai Hsiao1, Kao-Sung Chen2, Chen-Te Tseng1
1a Marine Fisheries Division , Fisheries Research Institute , Keelung , Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract:
The complete mitogenome of the palemargin grouper, Epinephelus bontoides, was presented in this study. This mitochondrial genome consists of 16 903 bp, follow the typical gene arrangement with 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and a non-coding control region (CR). The overall base composition was A, 28.7%; G, 16.1%; C, 28.0%; and T, 27.2%. The control region was 1200 bp in length, which located between tRNAPro and tRNAPhe, rich in A + T (69.2%) content. Based on the Neighbor-Joining (NJ) tree, E. bontoides was grouped with E. trimaculatus, E. quoyanus, E. areolatus, and E. bleekeri, and then combined with E. merra formed a clade. This complete mitogenome of E. bontoides can provide essential phylogenetic information of Epinephelus.
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