The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Rana dabieshanensis (Anura: Ranidae)

Jingmei Gan; Ying Li; Yaqiong Wan; Jiaqi Li; Baowei Zhang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1920502

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Rana dabieshanensis (Anura: Ranidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jul 19;6(8):2418-2419. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1920502. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Jingmei Gan¹, Ying Li¹, Yaqiong Wan², Jiaqi Li², Baowei Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China.
² Environmental Protection Key Laboratory on Biosafety, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

Abstract

Rana dabieshanensis is a species of frog within the family Ranidae. In this study, we assembled a complete mitochondrial genome (mito-genome) for R. dabieshanensis by high-throughput sequencing technology. It is 18,291 bp and includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes and one control region. The nucleotide composition is A: 27.0%, T: 28.6%, C: 29.3% and G: 15.2%. Two overlaps among the 13 protein-coding genes were found: ATP8/ATP6, ND4L/ND4. The study of phylogenetic analysis based on complete mitochondrial genome showed that there was close genetic relationship between R. dabieshanensis and R. omeimontis and it is useful for systematic analyses of genus Rana.

Keywords: Rana dabieshanensis; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Biodiversity Survey, Monitoring and Assessment Project of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China and 2017 Anhui Province Academic and Technical Leaders Candidates [No. 2017H130].