The complete mitochondrial genome of Oestrus ovis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Oestridae)

Gaël Aleix-Mata; Jesús M Peréz; Antonio Sánchez

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1934174

The complete mitochondrial genome of Oestrus ovis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Oestridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jun 3;6(7):1847-1848. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1934174.

Authors

Gaël Aleix-Mata^{1

2}, Jesús M Peréz^{2

3}, Antonio Sánchez¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental Biology, Jaén University, Jaén, Spain.
² Department of Animal and Plant Biology, and Ecology, Jaén University, Jaén, Spain.
³ Wildlife Ecology & Health Group (WE&H), Jaén, Spain.

Abstract

Larvae of the sheep bot fly, Oestrus ovis (Linnaeus, 1758), cause cavitary myiasis in domestic and wild hosts, including man. The complete circular O. ovis mitogenome was assembled, which is 16,584 bp in length and encodes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes. The phylogenetic tree of O. ovis and 13 related Oestridae species, with Sarcophaga tuberosa as outgroup, was built.

Keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Diptera; Oestridae; Oestrus ovis.

Grants and funding

This study has been funded by the Fédération Nationale des Chasseurs (France) (project FNC-PSN-PR5-2013), the Jaén University (Plan de Apoyo a la Investigación 2017-2019) and by the Andalusian Plan for Scientific Research (research groups RNM-118 and RNM-924).