Luan Xin, 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, No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Aug 21;1(1):553-555. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1199000.
We report the complete mitochondrial genome of firefly, (Motschulsky).The circular genome of 15,967 bp has a base composition of A (42.44%), C (12.83%), G (8.79%) and T (36.16%). Similar to other Metazoa, our sequence contains 13 protein-coding genes. All 13 protein-coding genes were initiated by the ATN (ATT, ATA and ATG) codon. Eight protein-coding genes stopped with TAA or TAG codon and the other 5 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(Motschulsky)的完整线粒体基因组。该环状基因组长度为15,967 bp,碱基组成为A(42.44%)、C(12.83%)、G(8.79%)和T(36.16%)。与其他后生动物相似,我们的序列包含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。8个蛋白质编码基因以TAA或TAG密码子终止,另外5个基因有一个不完整的终止密码子,即单个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。