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Mitochondrial DNA
The Journal of DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis
Volume 26, 2015 - Issue 6
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Mitogenome Announcement

Mitochondrial genome of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

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Pages 813-814 | Received 23 Sep 2013, Accepted 29 Sep 2013, Published online: 10 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

The bull shark Carcharhinus leucas is a large elasmobranch species widespread in tropical and warm oceans, rivers and lakes. We first determine the complete mitogenome of C. leucas in this article. It is 16,704 bp in length, consists 37 genes and one control region with the typical gene order in vertebrates. The ND6 gene used the rare AGG as stop codon. The 22 tRNA genes ranged from 67 to 75 bp. The tRNA-Ser2 lacks the dihydrouridine arm and cannot form the typical cloverleaf structure. The control region is 1066 bp in length with high A + T and low G contents.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article. This study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (No. 2011J01244) and the Major Projects of Basic Research in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi (2010GXNSFE013002).

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