Mitochondrial genome of an Atlantic white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Nicholas J Marra; Minghui Wang; Qi Sun; Paulina D Pavinski Bitar; Michael J Stanhope; Mahmood S Shivji

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1222248

Mitochondrial genome of an Atlantic white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Nov 22;1(1):717-719. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1222248.

Authors

Nicholas J Marra^{1

2}, Minghui Wang³, Qi Sun³, Paulina D Pavinski Bitar¹, Michael J Stanhope¹, Mahmood S Shivji²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
² Save Our Seas Shark Research Center and Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL, USA.
³ Computational Biology Service Unit, Biotechnology Resource Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Abstract

Here we report the first full mitochondrial genome sequence for a white shark caught in the Atlantic Ocean. The mitochondrial genome is 16,745 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a non-coding control region. The base composition of this mtDNA lineage is A: 30.7%, C: 26.9%, G: 13.8%, and T: 28.6%. In concordance with previous population genetic studies, the Atlantic caught individual forms a separate lineage from individuals caught on either side of the Pacific Ocean.

Keywords: Carcharodon carcharias; MITObim; Mitochondrial genome.