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Complete mitochondrial genome of Limnophyes minimus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Xiangliang Fang1, Xintong Li1, Tian Lu1
1Hubei Key Laboratory of Economic Forest Germplasm Improvement and Resources Comprehensive Utilization, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for the Characteristic Resources Exploitation of Dabie Mountains, Hubei Zhongke Research Institute of Industrial Technology, College of Biology and Agricultural Resources, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang City, P.R. China.
Abstract:
The complete mitochondrial genome of Limnophyes minimus (Meigen 1818) was sequenced and annotated, and its general features and base composition were analyzed. The phylogenetic relationships of the families Chironomidae, Simuliidae, Sciaridae and Culicidae based on 25 metagenomes were reconstructed using maximum likelihood (ML) methods based on the concatenated nucleotide sequences, the phylogenetic analysis showed that L. minimus belongs family Chironomidae, which is consistent with the traditional morphological classification.
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