title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Quasipaa boulengeri (Anura: Dicroglossidae).
abstract: Quasipaa boulengeri, an Asian spiny frog that belongs to Neobatrachia, has been reported as a de novo case of chromosomal rearrangements. In this paper, we determined the whole mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence of Q. boulengeri. The complete mtDNA sequence of Q. boulengeri is 17,741 bp in length, which contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNAs, 23 tRNAs and one control region. The overall nucleotides base composition of the complete mtDNA is A (28.86%), G (14.43%), C (26.09%), T (30.62%), with a much higher A + T content. Compared to other Neobatrachia species, the mtDNA genome of Q. boulengeri shows a novel gene order at WANCY region.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education) , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China .
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Yu-Chi
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Fang-Dong
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Xiao-Mao
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes; D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer