Mitochondrial genome assembly and phylogenetic analysis of Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) from the East China Sea

Li Wang; Shouqiang Wang; Ye Lin; Shenghao Liu; Panjiao Liang; Linlin Zhao

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2095939

Mitochondrial genome assembly and phylogenetic analysis of Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) from the East China Sea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jul 18;7(7):1308-1309. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2095939. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Li Wang^{1

2}, Shouqiang Wang², Ye Lin¹, Shenghao Liu², Panjiao Liang^{1

2}, Linlin Zhao²

Affiliations

¹ School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, China.
² Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China.

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome of Upeneus japonicus was successfully assembled by high-throughput sequencing data in this study. This is the first report on the complete mitochondrial genome of U. japonicus, with a total length of 16,535 bp, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and a control region (D-loop). The overall base composition is 26.05% A, 26.10% T, 29.14% C, and 18.71% G. Phylogenetic analysis showed that U. japonicus was grouped with its sister species U. tragula. The mitochondrial complete genome study of U. japonicus would lay the foundation for further studies in population genetics and evolutionary analysis.

Keywords: Upeneus japonicus; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [41706187].