Complete mitochondrial genome of the brain coral Platygyra carnosus

Despite the importance of many species of Faviidae as structural-forming corals, only five species in three genera had a sequenced mitochondrial genome. We report the sixth complete mitochondrial genome in this family from the brain coral Platygyra carnosus, which is 16,463 bp in length and AT rich...

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Published in:Mitochondrial DNA 2013-06, Vol.24 (3), p.194-195
Main Authors: Wang, Mingling, Sun, Jin, Li, Jiaqi, Qiu, Jian-wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anthozoa - genetics
Base Sequence
Coral
DNA Primers
Genome, Mitochondrial
mitochondrial genome
Platygyra
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Proteins - genetics
RNA, Ribosomal - genetics
RNA, Transfer - genetics
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Summary:Despite the importance of many species of Faviidae as structural-forming corals, only five species in three genera had a sequenced mitochondrial genome. We report the sixth complete mitochondrial genome in this family from the brain coral Platygyra carnosus, which is 16,463 bp in length and AT rich (67.0%). It has the typical coral mitochondrial gene arrangement, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 2 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes (tRNA-Met and tRNA-Trp). The ND5 gene is interrupted by a large group I intron which contains 10 protein-coding genes and 12S rRNA. Compared with related species from the same family, the three non-coding regions that are longer than 200 bp are less conserved in sequences than the coding regions, indicating potential markers for population genetic studies.
ISSN:1940-1736
1940-1744
DOI:10.3109/19401736.2012.744981