title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Hydra vulgaris (Hydroida: Hydridae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Hydra vulgaris (Hydroida: Hydridae) is composed of two linear DNA molecules. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule 1 is 8010 bp long and contains six protein-coding genes, large subunit rRNA, methionine and tryptophan tRNAs, two pseudogenes consisting respectively of a partial copy of COI, and terminal sequences at two ends of the linear mtDNA, while the mtDNA molecule 2 is 7576 bp long and contains seven protein-coding genes, small subunit rRNA, methionine tRNA, a pseudogene consisting of a partial copy of COI and terminal sequences at two ends of the linear mtDNA. COI gene begins with GTG as start codon, whereas other 12 protein-coding genes start with a typical ATG initiation codon. In addition, all protein-coding genes are terminated with TAA as stop codon.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China and.
authors.forename: Hong-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Hong-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Shi-Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: An-Tai
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D006829:Hydra / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Hydra vulgaris; Hydridae; mitogenome