Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the critically endangered Southern River Terrapin, Batagur affinis affinis (Reptilia: Geoemydidae)

Mohd Hairul Mohd Salleh; Yuzine Esa; Han Ming Gan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2222851

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the critically endangered Southern River Terrapin, Batagur affinis affinis (Reptilia: Geoemydidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Jul 4;8(7):719-722. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2222851. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Mohd Hairul Mohd Salleh^{1

2}, Yuzine Esa^{1

3}, Han Ming Gan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
² Corporate Planning Division, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Presint 2, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
³ International Institute of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
⁴ Patriot Biotech Sdn Bhd, Selangor, Malaysia.

Abstract

In this study, we report the nearly complete mitochondrial sequence of Batagur affinis affinis. The assembled mitogenome consists of 13 PCGs, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNAs and one near-complete D-loop region. Of the annotated genes, the ND6 subunit gene and eight tRNA genes were encoded on the L-strand, while the remaining genes were dispersed on the H-strand. Except for CO1, which has a GTG start codon, all protein-coding genes begin with ATG. The mitogenome has been deposited in NCBI GenBank under the accession number OQ409915. Phylogenetic tree analysis based on publicly available mitogenomes indicate the sister grouping of B. affinis affinis with B. kachuga.

Keywords: Batagur kachuga; Mitogenome; genes; phylogenetic tree; protein-coding.

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding, and the APC was funded by the Publication Fund, Research Management Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia..