Complete mitochondrial genome of a brown frog, Rana kunyuensis (Anura: Ranidae)

Abstract

The first complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Rana sensu stricto (sensu Frost, 2013) was determined using Rana kunyuensis as a representative species. The mitogenome was 22,255 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and duplicated control regions. The mitogenome of R. kunyuensis showed novel gene order arrangement with a translocation of tRNA^Leu(CUN) and ND5 in comparison with published anuran mitogenomes to date. This mitogenome should contribute to understand the evolution of anuran mitochondrial gene order arrangements.

• Brown frogs
• duplicated control regions
• mitochondrial genome
• Rana
• Ranidae

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article. This study was funded by National Basic Research Development Program of China (No. 2009CB421103).