The full-length mitochondrial genome of the Fernholm's hagfish, Myxine fernholmi (Myxini; Myxiniformes; Myxinidae)

Keun-Yong Kim; Hong Keun Park; Seok-Gwan Choi; Yun-Hwan Jung; Dae-Sung Lee; Yun-Sook Kim; Jong Su Yoo; Moongeun Yoon

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674731

The full-length mitochondrial genome of the Fernholm's hagfish, Myxine fernholmi (Myxini; Myxiniformes; Myxinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Oct 11;4(2):3482-3483. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1674731.

Authors

Keun-Yong Kim¹, Hong Keun Park², Seok-Gwan Choi³, Yun-Hwan Jung⁴, Dae-Sung Lee⁴, Yun-Sook Kim⁴, Jong Su Yoo⁴, Moongeun Yoon⁴

Affiliations

¹ AquaGenTech Co., Ltd, Busan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Science, Trine University, Angola, IN, USA.
³ Distant Water Fisheries Resources Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁴ National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The full-length mitochondrial genome of the Fernholm's hagfish, Myxine fernholmi (Myxini; Myxiniformes; Myxinidae) was analyzed by the primer walking method. Its mitogenome was 18,862 bp in total length and was composed of 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes. The gene content and order were congruent with those of typical vertebrates. In the phylogenetic tree, M. fernholmi showed the closest relationship to M. glutinosa in the same genus and subfamily and well separated from the other hagfish in the subfamily Eptatretinae.

Keywords: Fernholm’s hagfish; Myxine fernholmi; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny.