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Abstract
The mitochondrial genome of Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Anura: Dicroglossidae) is a circular molecule of 20,309 bp in length, containing 39 genes (including the extra copy of ND5 and tRNAMet genes). The following four distinctive features are observed: the cluster of rearranged tRNA genes (TPF tRNA gene cluster), the translocation of tRNALeu(CUN) and ND5 genes, the tandem duplication of tRNAMet genes (Met1 and Met2), and the duplicated d-loop–ND5 regions.
Declaration of interest: We thank Sun Bo and Zhou Yan for their assistance in the laboratory work. This research was supported by the Science Technology Commission of Zhejiang Province of China (No. 2010C12008 and 2011C22006) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31172116). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. The first two authors have contributed equally to the manuscript.