Complete mitochondrial genome of the Cumberland slider (Trachemys scripta troostii, Testudienes: Emydidae) in Korea

Gayeon Ryu; Jae-I Moon; Yun-Ju Song; Jaehong Park; Seung-Min Park; Jae Hyeok Choi; Ha-Cheol Sung; Dong-Hyun Lee

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1902410

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Cumberland slider (Trachemys scripta troostii, Testudienes: Emydidae) in Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 19;6(3):1131-1133. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1902410.

Authors

Gayeon Ryu¹, Jae-I Moon¹, Yun-Ju Song², Jaehong Park¹, Seung-Min Park¹, Jae Hyeok Choi¹, Ha-Cheol Sung^{3

2}, Dong-Hyun Lee^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
² Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
³ Research Center of Ecomimetics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of Trachemys scripta troostii was sequenced and was characterized, which comprised 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs) and a non-coding control region. Phylogenetic analysis based on the full mt genome indicated that T. s. troostii was more closely related to T. scripta from Canada than to T. s. elegans from China or T. s. scripta fom China. This is the first complete mt genome from T. s. troostii, which provides data for further study of phylogeny in Emydidae.

Keywords: Trachemys scripta troostii; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis; phylogenetic tree.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Korea Environment Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) through the Project for the Development of Biological Diversity Threats Outbreak Management Technology [RE201807039], funded by Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE).