The complete mitochondrial genome of Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Xiaoyun Sui; Yangyang Liang; Dekui He

doi:10.3109/19401736.2015.1018224

The complete mitochondrial genome of Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Sep;27(5):3367-9. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1018224. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

Authors

Xiaoyun Sui^{1

2}, Yangyang Liang^{2

3}, Dekui He²

Affiliations

¹ a School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing , P.R. China .
² b Laboratory of Biological Invasion and Adaptive Evolution , Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan , Hubei , P.R. China , and.
³ c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , P.R. China.

PMID: 25799350
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1018224

Abstract

The Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) is an ecological important fish in East Asia. In this study, we firstly sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of R. oxycephalus. The mitogenome is 16,606 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and two non-coding regions (origin of light-strand replication and control region). The gene content and order is in accord with the common vertebrate form. The nucleotide base composition of H-strand is 28.4% A, 27.2% T, 26.4% C and 18.0% G. The complete mitochondrial genome data would be useful for further studies of genetics, conservation biology and adaptive evolution of R. oxycephalus.

Keywords: Chinese minnow; Rhynchocypris oxycephalus; cold water fish; mitochondrial genome.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Base Composition
Cyprinidae / genetics*
Fish Proteins / genetics
Genome, Mitochondrial*
RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
RNA, Transfer / genetics

Substances

Fish Proteins
RNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Transfer