The complete mitochondrial genome of an anhydrobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki (Chironomidae, Diptera)

Abstract

In this work, we describe a complete mitochondrial genome of chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki. In spite of unique ecology of this species, the larvae are able to survive years of complete desiccation; the circular mitochondrial genome keeps basic structure and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA, and 22 tRNA genes, and has a total length of 16 060 bp. Low GC level, small regulatory region, and unusually high number and length of non-coding spacers are the main determined features.

Keywords:

• Anhydrobiosis
• desiccation resistance
• mitochondrial genome
• sleeping chironomid

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Declaration of interest

The authors report that they have no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. The work was supported by Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Research identifier RFMEFI58414X0002).