Complete mitochondrial DNA sequencing of Vieja synspila, a cichlid fish

Bin Xu; Jianzhong Gao; Xuelong Wang; Zaizhong Chen; Chenghui Wang

doi:10.3109/19401736.2014.908378

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequencing of Vieja synspila, a cichlid fish

Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(1):633-4. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.908378. Epub 2014 Jun 12.

Authors

Bin Xu¹, Jianzhong Gao¹, Xuelong Wang¹, Zaizhong Chen¹, Chenghui Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture of P.R. China, Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.

PMID: 24919503
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.908378

Abstract

The Redhead cichlid (Vieja synspila) is an important aquarium fish and a useful phylogenetic organism of the Cichlidae family. In this study, we sequenced the mitochondrial genome of the Redhead cichlid for the first time. The mitogenome (16,543 bp) had the typical mitochondrial characteristics of other cichlid fish, including 13 protein-coding, 22 tRNA, two rRNA genes and one putative control region. This sequence will be helpful in studying the phylogenetic relationships between cichlid fish.

Keywords: Cichlida; Redhead cichlid; mitogenome.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cichlids / genetics*
Genes, rRNA / genetics
Genome, Mitochondrial / genetics*
Molecular Sequence Annotation
Molecular Sequence Data
Open Reading Frames / genetics
Phylogeny
RNA, Transfer / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA*

Substances

RNA, Transfer

Associated data

GENBANK/KF879808