title: Mitochondrial genome of the American shad Alosa sapidissima.
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Alosa sapidissima has been determined. The total length of the mitogenome was 16,697 bp and had a gene content (13 protein-coding, 22 tRNAs and 2 rRNAs. Except for the seven tRNA and Nd6 genes, all other mitochondrial genes are encoded on the heavy strand. The overall base composition of the heavy strand is 28.3% A, 24.8% T, 28.9% C, 17.9% G, with an AT content of 53.1%. The DNA sequence of Alosa. sapidissima shared 97.1, 93.9, 88.8 and 82.3% sequence identity with that of Alosa alosa, Alosa pseudoharengus. Molecular data here presented provide a useful toll for evolutionary as well as population genetic studied.
authors.affiliation: College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Xiao Wu
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers