title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae).
abstract: The mitochondrial genome of Bactrocera cucurbitae, a representative of the Tephritid family, was completely sequenced for the first time. The B. cucurbitae genome is a double-stranded circular molecule of 15,825 bp long, including the entire set of the 37 genes. The 72.9% A+T content and 0.047 AT-skew are within the range of the known dipteran genomes. Comparative analyses showed that dipteran mitochondrial protein-coding genes present complex evolutionary patterns. Some of the codon families were strongly biased towards J-strand. The mitochondrial ATP8 of B. cucurbitae exhibited a faster substitution rate than other genes. Cox1 is the slowest evolving protein and could be considered as a potential phylogenetic marker.
authors.affiliation: The College of Life Sciences, Southwest Forestry University, Bailongcun 300, Kunming , People's Republic of China. jed-wu2008@126.com
authors.forename: Pei-Fu
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roques
authors.forename: Zhong-Ping
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yang-Yang
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yong-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003062:Codon; D019662:Cucurbitaceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D033621:Tephritidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D019476:Insect Proteins