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Abstract
The entire mitogenome of Tylototriton kweichowensis is 16 727 bp in length. It consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGS), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNA), and 1 control region (CR). Except for ND6 subunit and 8 tRNA genes are distributed on the L-strand, all the other PCGs and tRNA genes are located on the H-strand. “ATG” and “GTG” are the start codons of the PCGs, “TAA”, “AGA”, “TA–” and “T––” are the stop codons. Most of the tRNA genes can be folded into typical clover-leaf secondary structure. The genome of T. kweichowensis has two repeat sequences in the cob-noncoding region. Mitogenomic phylogenetic analysis (NJ tree) robustly resolved the genus-level relationship among the three genera Tylototriton, Echinotriton, and Pleurodeles, and which is congruent with the previous molecular phylogeny results.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Ms. Fuyao Han for her kind help in the manuscript.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China to M.W. Zhang (41470444), Foundation of Education Department of Sichuan to M.W. Zhang (13ZA0262), and the Innovative Research Team in University of Sichuan Bureau of Education (14TD0002).