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Abstract
The complete mitochondrial genome of Ophisaurus harti is a circular molecule of 17,163 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 54.9% (T: 23.4%; C: 30.8%; A: 31.5%; G: 14.3%). COI gene begins with GTG as start codon, while other 12 protein-coding genes start with a typical ATG initiation codon. ND1. COI. ATP8. ATP6. ND4L and ND5 genes are terminated with TAA as stop codon, ND2. ND6 and Cyt b end with TAG, COIII ends with TA, COII and ND3 end with T and ND4 ends with TG.
Declaration of interest
This study was supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (No. 31171415) and Provincial Key Project of Natural Science Foundation for Institutions of Higher Learning of Anhui Province (No. KJ2011A130), furthermore, the study was also funded by Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources in Anhui and Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological Safety in Anhui. In addition, the second and third authors have contributed equally to the manuscript. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.