Complete mitogenomes of two Puntius in Taiwan: P. semifasciolatus and P. snyderi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. 2013 Jun;24(3):228-30. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2012.752472. Epub 2013 Jan 18.

Abstract

We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of two spotted barbs native to Taiwan: Puntius semifasciolatus and Puntius snyderi. The complete mitochondrial genomes are 16,594 and 16,578 bp in size, respectively. Both of them contain 37 genes coding for 13 proteins, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, and 1 control region. They share the same gene arrangement pattern that was identical with most vertebrates. Nucleotide sequence divergence (K2P distance) between the two whole mitochondrial genomes was 7.63%. These two spotted barbs show very close relationship based on the comparison of the characters of their mitochondrial genomes.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyprinidae / classification
  • Cyprinidae / genetics*
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Genome, Mitochondrial*
  • Proteins / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • RNA, Transfer / genetics
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Proteins
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Transfer