Complete mitochondrial genome of the nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius (Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae)

Baocheng Guo; Elisavet-Aspasia Toli; Juha Merilä

doi:10.1080/23802359.2015.1137829

Complete mitochondrial genome of the nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius (Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Feb 1;1(1):72-73. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2015.1137829.

Authors

Baocheng Guo¹, Elisavet-Aspasia Toli^{1

2}, Juha Merilä¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biosciences, Ecological Genetics Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
² Department of Biological Application & Technology, University of Ioannina, Greece.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius was obtained with Illumina sequencing of genomic DNA. The assembled mitogenome sequence was 16 582 bp long, and the gene number, order and contents were identical to those of other sequenced Pungitius mitogenomes. The complete mitogenome of P. pungitius from its European range can provide an important template for further phylogenetic and population genetic studies of the Pungitius species complex.

Keywords: Gasterosteidae; Pungitius pungitius; genome; mtDNA; nine-spined stickleback.