The complete mitochondrial genome of Takydromus wolteri (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome of Takydromus wolteri (Squamata: Lacertidae) is a circular molecule of 18,236 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, and a control region. The A+T content of the overall base composition of H-strand is 62% (T: 30.7%, C: 24.5%, A: 31.3%, G: 13.5%). All of the 13 protein-coding genes begin with ATG as start codon. ND1, ATP8, ATP6, ND3, ND4L, ND5, and Cyt b genes are terminated with TAA as stop codon, COI ends with AGG, ND2 ends with TAG, ND6 ends with AGA, and the other four protein-coding genes end with an incomplete stop codon (a single stop nucleotide T). Three distinct repeat regions are found in 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and the control region.

Keywords::

• Mitogenome
• Lacertidae
• Takydromus wolteri

Acknowledgements

We thank Yan-Qing Wu for his help in the laboratory.

Declaration of interest This work was supported by grants from Innovative Team Project of Nanjing Normal University (0319PM0902) and Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (CXLX11_0885) to XJ. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.