Fan Yadong, Fu Xinhua
Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Firefly Conservation Research Centre, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Nov 8;2(2):795-796. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1398598.
We report the complete mitochondrial genome of firefly, . The circular genome of 16,127 bp has a base composition of A (44.22%), C (11.60%), G (8.23%) and T (35.96%). Our sequence is similar to other Metazoa, which contains 13 protein-coding genes. All 13 protein-coding genes were initiated by the ATN (ATT, ATA and ATG) codon. Nine protein-coding genes stopped with TAA or TAG codon and the other four genes have an incomplete termination codon, a single T. We sequenced the mitochondrial genome of fireflies to analyze phylogenetic relationships and deduce the evolution of their flashing signals.
我们报道了萤火虫的完整线粒体基因组。这个16,127 bp的环状基因组碱基组成为:A(44.22%)、C(11.60%)、G(8.23%)和T(35.96%)。我们的序列与其他后生动物相似,包含13个蛋白质编码基因。所有13个蛋白质编码基因均由ATN(ATT、ATA和ATG)密码子起始。9个蛋白质编码基因以TAA或TAG密码子终止,另外4个基因有不完整的终止密码子,为单个T。我们对萤火虫的线粒体基因组进行测序,以分析系统发育关系并推断其闪光信号的进化。