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Mitochondrial DNA Part A
DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis
Volume 27, 2016 - Issue 3
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Mitogenome Announcement

Complete mitochondrial genome of an Amynthas earthworm, Amynthas aspergillus (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae)

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Pages 1876-1877 | Received 12 Sep 2014, Accepted 26 Sep 2014, Published online: 20 Oct 2014
 

Abstract

We have determined the mitochondrial genome of the first Amynthas earthworm, Amynthas aspergillus (Perrier, 1872), which is a natural medical resource in Chinese traditional medicine. Its mitogenome is 15,115 bp in length containing 37 genes with the same contents and order as other sequenced earthworms. All genes are encoded by the same strand, all 13 PCGs use ATG as start codon. The content of A + T is 63.04% for A. aspergillus (33.41% A, 29.63% T, 14.56% G and 22.41% C). The complete mitochondrial genomes of A. aspergillus would be useful for the reconstruction of Oligochaeta polygenetic relationships.

Declaration of interest

This study was supported by the National Science Foundation of China grant (NO. 31272265, 31172360, 41071170, 41111130195). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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