Inheritance of the complete mitochondrial genomes rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) triploid

Abstract

In this study, we cloned and sequenced the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of Oncorhynchus mykiss triploid to characterize and compare their mitochondrial genomes. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,656 bp with an accession number KP085590. The organization of the mitochondrial genomes was similar to those reported from other fish mitochondrial genomes containing 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA, and 22 transfer RNAs) and a major non-coding control region. Except for ND6 and 8 tRNAs, all other genes are encoded on the heavy strand. The nucleotide skewness for the coding strands of O. mykiss triploid (AT-skew = −0.41, GC-skew = 0.34) is biased toward T and G. The complete mitogenome may provide important date set for the study of genetic mechanism of O. mykiss.

Keywords:

• Base composition
• mitogenome
• Oncorhynchus mykiss
• organization

Declaration of interest

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31160218), the Project of Hunan Province Education Department (12CO194) and the program for Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province (2012RS4040).

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