title: Mitochondrial genomes of the sheep blowfly, Lucilia sericata, and the secondary blowfly, Chrysomya megacephala.
abstract: This paper presents complete mitochondrial genomes for the sheep blowfly, Lucilia sericata (Meigen), and the secondary blowfly, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius). Both L. sericata and C. megacephala had standard dipteran-type mitochondrial genome architectures and lengths of 15 945 bp and 15 831 bp, respectively. Additionally, C. megacephala possessed a tRNA duplication either side of the D-loop, as previously reported in another Chrysomya species, C. putoria; this duplication appears to be synapomorphic for the genus Chrysomya. As in other insect mitochondrial genomes, base compositions had a high AT content, with both genomes more than 76% AT-rich.
authors.affiliation: Hatherly Laboratories, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. j.r.stevens@ex.ac.uk
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004175:Diptera / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D049750:Genome, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial