First complete mitochondrial genome of Antheraea pernyi Guérin-Méneville 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from North Korea

Shu-Wei Sun; En-Guang Tan; Yan-Qun Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.2002216

First complete mitochondrial genome of Antheraea pernyi Guérin-Méneville 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from North Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Nov 23;6(12):3480-3481. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.2002216. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Shu-Wei Sun¹, En-Guang Tan², Yan-Qun Liu²

Affiliations

¹ College of Agronomy, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong, PR China.
² College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, PR China.

Abstract

This study reports the first complete mitochondrial genome of Antheraea pernyi Guérin-Méneville 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) strain Dingzhou_1, a silkworm resource serving silk production in North Korea. The mitochondrial genome is circular with 15,573 bp in length encoding 37 typical mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes). The 553-bp A + T-rich region harbors a repeat region composed of 6 ∼ 38 bp tandem repeat units, as found in other known inbred strains from Chinese populations. The phylogenetic analysis clustered Dingzhou_1 from North Korea together with Chinese Liaoning population, suggesting that oak silkworm in North Korea might be introduced from her neighbor China Liaoning.

Keywords: Antheraea pernyi; Dingzhou_1; mitochondrial genome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant [No. 31972617]; and China Agriculture Research System under grant [No. CARS-18].