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The complete mitochondrial genome of the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus.

Authors :
Blower DC
Ovenden JR
Source :
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis [Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal] 2016; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 923-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jun 18.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, a major representative species in shark fisheries worldwide is now considered vulnerable to overfishing. A pool of 774,234 Roche 454 shotgun sequences from one individual were assembled into a 16,706 bp mitogenome with 33× average coverage depth. It comprised 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNA's, 2 ribosomal genes and 2 non-coding regions, typical of a vertebrate mitogenome. As expected for sharks, an A-T nucleotide bias was evident. This adds to rapidly growing number of mitogenome assemblies for the economically important Carcharhinidae family. The C. plumbeus mitogenome will assist researchers, fisheries and conservation managers interested in shark molecular systematics, phylogeography, conservation genetics, population and stock structure.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2470-1408
Volume :
27
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
24938089
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2014.926487