The complete mitochondrial genome of the crucian carp, Carassius carassius (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Carassius carassius was determined to be 16,597 bp long circular molecule with a typical gene arrangement of vertebrate mitochondrial DNA. Its control region contains two copies of unit (TTCYCAATATAA) at 3′ ends, which has never been reported before for Carassius species. Phylogenetic trees based on 12 protein-coding genes on heavy strand confirmed that the complete mtDNA sequence of crucian carp was reported in this study for the first time.

Keywords::

• Mitochondrial DNA
• Carassius carassius
• phylogenetic analysis

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Prof. Mu-Lian Ren in Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute for collection of fish samples. This work was funded by the Central-Level Non-profit Scientific Research Institutes Special Funds (No. 201109) and China Ministry of Agriculture “948” Program (No. 2011-G12).

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.