1. Description of the mitogenome of Gansu mole ( Scapanulus oweni ).
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Xu, Yu, Huang, Xiaofeng, Hu, Yunting, and Tu, Feiyun
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MITOCHONDRIAL DNA , *MOLES (Animals) , *NUCLEOTIDE sequencing , *TRANSFER RNA , *RIBOSOMAL RNA - Abstract
The Gansu moleScapanulus owenibelongs to family Talpidae, and is distributed in the Central and Southwest China. In this study, the total mitochondrial genome ofS. oweniwas firstly determined. The genome is 16,826 bases in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and a displacement loop region, with a base composition of A 34.0%, G 13.5%, T 28.7% and C 23.9%. All of the protein-coding genes initiate with the orthodox ATG start codon execpt forNd2andNd3begin with ATT,Nd4andNd5, start with GTG and ATA, respectively. Four types of stop codons are used by the coding genes, including TAA forNd1, Cox1, Cox2, Atp8, Atp6, Nd4L, Nd5, Nd6, TAG forNd2, AGA forCytb, and an incomplete stop codon T forCox3, Nd3andNd4. The mito-genomic data of Gansu mole,S. oweniwill be useful in determining its taxonomic status within Talpidae. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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