Complete mitochondrial genome of the Small Salamander in Korea, Hynobius unisacculus (Anura: Hynobiidae)

Jae-I Moon; Kyo-Soung Koo; Mi-Ae Jeon; Jae-Hyeok Choi; Ha-Cheol Seong; Dong-Hyun Lee

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1710275

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Small Salamander in Korea, Hynobius unisacculus (Anura: Hynobiidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 14;5(1):530-531. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1710275.

Authors

Jae-I Moon¹, Kyo-Soung Koo², Mi-Ae Jeon¹, Jae-Hyeok Choi¹, Ha-Cheol Seong², Dong-Hyun Lee²

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, the Republic of Korea.
² Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences and Research Center of Ecomimetics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, the Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of Hynobius unisacculus was sequenced and characterized. The circular mt genome constituted of 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs) and a non-coding region (NCR). Phylogenetic analysis based on the full mt genome sequences confirmed that H. unisacculus was closely related to Hynobius leechii rather than other Hynobius species. This is the first completed mt genome from H. unisacculus, which provides data for further study of phylogeny in Hynobiidaes.

Keywords: Hynobiidae; Hynobius unisacculus; mitochondrial genome.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [NRF-2017R1A2B4007852].