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Published on: April 21, 2018
The complete mitochondrial genome of the assassin bug Reduvius gregoryi (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Qiaoqiao Liu1, Fan Song1, Wanzhi Cai1
1Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management College of Pant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the assassin bug, Reduvius gregoryi, was determined. The sequenced mitogenome is a typical circular DNA molecule of 16,477 bp, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a putative control region. Protein-coding genes all initiate with ATN codons and terminate with TAA codons except for ATP6, COI, COIII, ND4, and ND5 use a single T residue as the termination codon. All tRNAs have the clover-leaf structure except for the tRNA and the length of them range from 61 to 70 bp. The control region is 1731 bp long with an A + T content of 72.3%. Our phylogenetic analysis supported the polyphyly of Reduviinae and the sister relationship between Reduvius gregoryi and Reduvius tenebrosus.
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