The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the Philosamia cynthia ricini 754

Abstract

We obtained the complete mitochondrial genome of strain 754 of Philosamia cynthia ricini using the next-generation sequencing method. The sequence consists of 15,388 bp and encodes 13 protein-coding genes. The nucleotide composition of Philosamia cynthia ricini 754 was significantly biased (A, G, C, and T was 39.65%, 7.76%, 12.35%, and 40.24%, respectively) with A + T contents of 79.89%. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis showed that the Philosamia cynthia ricini 754 is close to the Antheraea pernyi and the Antheraea yamaai.

Keywords:

• Philosamia cynthia ricini
• mitogenome
• next-generation sequencing

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Funding

This work was supported by a grant from the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (17KJB230001); China Agriculture Research System (Sericulture industry, CARS-18); Key Research & Development program of Zhenjiang (NY2018021, NY2017017).