Complete mitochondrial genome of Gloydius saxatilis (Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Korea

Yun Sun Lee; Min Seock Do; Hye Sook Jeon; Sang-Cheol Lee; Ji-Hwa Jung; Jae-Hwa Suh; Junghwa An

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1878957

Complete mitochondrial genome of Gloydius saxatilis (Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 17;6(2):645-647. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1878957.

Authors

Yun Sun Lee¹, Min Seock Do², Hye Sook Jeon², Sang-Cheol Lee³, Ji-Hwa Jung⁴, Jae-Hwa Suh², Junghwa An²

Affiliations

¹ Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Biology, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of Gloydius saxatilis using Illumina next-generation sequencing. The total length of the mitogenome was 17,223 bp, and contained 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), two non-coding control regions (CRs), and the origin of light (OL)-strand replication. The genome structure and order of the genes were similar to other Crotalinae species. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 13 concatenated PCGs indicated that G. saxatilis closely related to G. intermedius and, G. shedaoensis.

Keywords: Gloydius saxatilis; Viperidae; mitochondrial genome; next-generation sequencing; viper.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Republic of Korea under Grant [NIBR202005102].