The complete mitochondrial genome of Cupido argiades (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. 2013 Oct;24(5):475-7. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2013.770495. Epub 2013 Mar 6.

Abstract

The complete mitogenome of Cupido argiades (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) was determined in this study. The genome is 15,330 bp long, presenting a typical gene organization and order for completely sequenced lepidopoteran mitogenomes. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) are initiated by ATN codons, except for cox1, which uses CGA as its start codon. Some PCGs harbor TAG (nad3) or incomplete termination codon T (cox1, cox2, nad5), while others use standard canonical TAA as their termination codons. Furthermore, the largest noncoding A+T-rich region with the length of 450 bp contains two microsatellite-like repeats of (TA)9 and a conserved motif ATAGA followed by a 19-bp poly-T stretch.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / analysis
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics*
  • Genome, Mitochondrial*
  • Lepidoptera / classification
  • Lepidoptera / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • RNA, Transfer / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Mitochondrial
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Transfer

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC310728