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De novo assembly and annotation of the Empoasca fabae mitochondrial genome
Joshua Molligan1,2,3,4, Jordanne Jacques1,2,3,4, Soham Mukhopadhyay1,2,3,4
1Département de phytologie, Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Abstract:
This study presents the assembly and annotation of the full-length mitochondrial genome for the leafhopper species Empoasca fabae Harris, 1841. The mitogenome was obtained from a contig-level assembly with the identified mitochondrial genome being 14,873 bp in length. The base composition was A (38.8%), T (39.1%), C (11.7%), and G (10.4%). The mitogenome comprised 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), and showed a unique, non-AT-rich D-loop region. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the placement of E. fabae within the subfamily Typhlocybinae, clustering with other species in the Empoasca genus.
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