Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Antheraea pernyi strain Luhong

Abstract

The present study for the first time describes the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of Antheraea pernyi Guérin-Méneville 1855 strain Luhong, a genetic lethal mutant exhibiting especially red skin color. The mt genome is 15,563 bp in length that is the smallest among the sequenced A. pernyi inbred strains. This genome displays an identical genomic component and gene order to other six known A. pernyi mt genomes. The mt genome-based phylogenetic analysis clustered Luhong with four strains exhibiting yellow skin color, consistent with the traditional view that all of them belonged to the yellow blood lineage.

Keywords:

• Antheraea pernyi
• Luhong
• mitochondrial genome

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no competing financial interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under the accession no. MW364566. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA695117, SRR13558698, and SAMN17601314, respectively.

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Funding

This work was partially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 31972617], China Agriculture Research System [No. CARS-18], Liaoning Province Doctor Startup Fund [No. 2019-BS-176], Shenyang Institute of Technology Doctor Startup Fund [No. BS202001] and Liaoning Province Technology Innovation Center of Sericultural Chemicals.