The mitochondrial genome of Apodemus peninsulae (Rodentia, Muridae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of the Korean field mouse Apodemus peninsulae was sequenced and found to be 16,266 bp in length. The mt protein-coding genes of A. peninsulae had ATG, GTG, ATC, and ATA as initiation codons and TAA, TAG, TA, and T as termination codons. Two forms each of trnL and trnS and the three tRNA clusters, IQM, WANCY, and HSL were identified, as in the typical Rodentia mt genome. Among tRNAs, abnormal cloverleaf structure of trnS^(AGY) was identified in DHU arm. The l-strand replication origin has the potential to form a stable stem–loop structure and control region has several conserved sequence elements.

Keywords::

• Field mouse
• rodent
• mitochondrial genome

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by research grants from Jeju National University and grant no. 052-082-073 from the Korean Ministry of the Environment for the Eco-Technopia 21 Project.

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