The complete mitochondrial genome of Macrourus whitsoni (Gadiformes, Macrouridae)

Seung Jae Lee; Tae-Eul Im; Euna Jo; Eunkyung Choi; Young Min Chi; Jin-Hyoung Kim; Jeong-Hoon Kim; Hyun Park

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1773339

The complete mitochondrial genome of Macrourus whitsoni (Gadiformes, Macrouridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 5;5(3):2326-2327. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1773339.

Authors

Seung Jae Lee¹, Tae-Eul Im¹, Euna Jo^{1

2}, Eunkyung Choi¹, Young Min Chi¹, Jin-Hyoung Kim², Jeong-Hoon Kim³, Hyun Park¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
² Unit of Research for Practical Application, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon, Korea.
³ Division of Polar Life Science, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Macrourus witsoni was determined in this study by the Long-read Technology, such as PacBio Sequel System. The Long-read Technology, which can sequence continuously the whole vertebrate mitochondrial genome, allows more accurate genomes to be completed. The circular form of its mitochondrial genome was 16,714bp, which contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA, and 2 rRNA. The gene orders of M.witsoni was identical to that of the other species of Macrouridae family. Phylogenetic analysis indicated M. witsoni was mostly close to C.kishinouyei in the Macrouridae family.

Keywords: Macrouridae; Macrourus witsoni; Mitochondria genome; PacBio.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the ‘Ecosystem Structure and Function of Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Antarctica’ project (PM18060), funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries [20170336], Post-Polar Genomics Project: Functional genomic study for securing of polar useful genes (PE20040) and a Korea University Grant to H. P.