Complete mitochondrial genome of Siberian taimen, Hucho taimen not introgressed by the lenok subspecies, Brachymystax lenok and B. lenok tsinlingensis

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genomes were sequenced in two individuals of Siberian taimen Hucho taimen. The sizes of the genomes were 16,833 and 16,914 in the two isolates, representing two haplotype groups previously detected. The gene arrangement, base composition, and size of the two sequenced genomes are very similar to the H. taimen genome previously published (HQ897271), but did not contain introgressed fragments from two subspecies of lenok, Brachymystax lenok and B. l. tsinlingensis.

• Brachymystax lenok
• Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Hucho taimen
• hybridization
• introgression
• salmonids

Acknowledgements

We thank Elena Balakireva for encouragement and help.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This study was supported by Bren Professor Funds at the University of California Irvine to Francisco J. Ayala and Evgeniy S. Balakirev.