Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of a Chorthippus fallax (Zuboxsky) isolated in rangeland of northwest region of China

Jialu Deng; Ziqi Yu; Jie Ning; Heng Wang; Xinda Lin; Xiaoli Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1695549

Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of a Chorthippus fallax (Zuboxsky) isolated in rangeland of northwest region of China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 9;5(1):61-62. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1695549.

Authors

Jialu Deng¹, Ziqi Yu¹, Jie Ning¹, Heng Wang¹, Xinda Lin¹, Xiaoli Liu¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Life Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, China.

Abstract

In this study, we assembled a complete 16,143 bp mitochondrial genome for Chorthippus fallax (Zuboxsky), which encodes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 12S and 16S rRNAs and a 722 bp D-loop in the characteristic arrangement of superfamily Acrididae. The most common start codon for 13 PCGs is ATG and the most common termination codon is TAA. The overall A + T content was 75.13%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the entire mitochondrial genome indicated C. fallax (Zuboxsky) had more close relationship with Euchorthippus fusigeniculatus and Chorthippus chinensis in family Arcypteridae, and implied non-monophyly for the family. The data will be important for better understanding of the phylogenetic relationship of members in Acrididae superfamily.

Keywords: Chorthippus fallax (Zuboxsky); Mitogenome; Phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China [31872413], Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China [1708085MC60], National Undergraduate Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship [201910373032] and Laboratory Open Project Fund of Huaibei Normal University (2019).