title: Complete mitochondrial genome of squaretail coralgrouper Plectropomus areolatus (Perciformes, Epinephelidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of squaretail coralgrouper Plectropomus areolatus was determined with long PCR approach. The genome was 16,770 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and 2 non-coding regions, with the gene content and order being similar to most other teleosts. The overall base composition of the mitogenome was estimated to be 28.81% A, 27.63% T, 27.24% C, and 16.33% G, with a high AT content of 56.44%, indicating an obvious anti-guanine bias commonly observed in fishes. It shared 90.7%, 78.8%, and 78.7% mitogenome sequence with Plectropomus leopardus, Epinephelus moara, and Epinephelus coioides, respectively.
authors: College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China.
authors: Minghui
authors: M
authors: Shen
authors: Xiaofeng
authors: X
authors: Shi
authors: Meng
authors: M
authors: Qu
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D059646:Genome Size / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial