title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Hebomoia glaucippe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).
abstract: The mitochondrial genome of Hebomoia glaucippe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) is a circular molecule of 15,701 bp in length, containing 37 typical mitochondrial genes and an AT-rich region. Its gene arrangement pattern is identical with those of other butterfly species. All protein-coding genes start with ATN start codon except for the cox1 gene, which uses CGA as the initiation codon. A total of 109 bp intergenic spacers and a total of 38 bp overlapping sequences are interspersed throughout the whole genome. The 899-bp long AT-rich region is the second longest among the completely sequenced lepidopteran insects, and contains the motif ATAGA followed by an 19-bp poly-T stretch, two microsatellite-like (AT)(10) elements, a duplicated 271-bp repeat element, and two extra tRNA(Leu)(UUR)-like genes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000 , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Juan-Juan
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Yun-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lan-Lan
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jia-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial