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Methodology for Accurate Detection of Mitochondrial DNA Methylation
Published on: May 20, 2018
The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Heterochaerus australis (Acoela, Convolutidae)
Bin Li1,2, Meijie Liao1,2, Miao Kong1,2
1Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Abstract:
One complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) was determined for Heterochaerus australis (Acoela, Convolutidae). Its mitochondrial genome size was 13,885 bp. The sequence contains 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rrnL and rrnS), 20 tRNA genes, and 12 protein-coding genes (PCGs). The A + T content of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence was 70.8%. The base composition showed a tendency of high AT. The resulted maximum likelihood (ML) tree supported that Acoela had a distant relationship with other orders of Turbellaria and the Xenacoelomorpha.
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