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Abstract
The mitochondrial genome of Adelphocoris fasciaticollis Reuter, an important pest plant bug, is a typical circular DNA molecule of 15,434 bp with 37 genes and 77.4% A + T content. Twenty-three genes are located on the J-strand, the remaining being oriented on the N-strand. Gene order is identical to that of the typical arrangement of insects and other plant bugs. This genome is highly economized with 54 overlapped nucleotides between neighboring genes in 12 locations. All protein-coding genes initiate with ATN codons. All of the 22 tRNAs, ranging from 62 to 71 bp, have the clover-leaf structure. Two tRNAs, trnK and trnS1, use the non-standard anticodons TTT and TCT. The sizes of the large and small ribosomal RNA genes are 1229 and 793 bp, respectively. The control region is 922 bp in length with 78.2% A + T content and includes two 30-bp repeat units and two 35-bp repeat units.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
Funding for this study was supported by grants from the Special Fund for Agroscientific Research in the Public Interest (No. 201103012), the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB127600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31372229), and the Special Fund for Scientific Research (No. 2012FY111100) for WZC; and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2013M540167) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2014BH021) for HL. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.