title: Complete mitochondrial genome of Neochauliodes bowringi (MacLachlan) (Megaloptera: Corydalidae).
abstract: We describe and analyze the complete mitochondrial genome of Neochauliodes bowringi (MacLachlan) (Megaloptera: Corydalidae). The length of the genome is 16,064 bp (GenBank accession No. JQ351950), the longest mitochondrial genome in the order Megaloptera already got, which includes 22 transfer RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs and an A + T-rich region. The gene arrangement is similar to that of Drosophila yakuba, the presumed ancestral insect mitochondrial gene arrangement. All protein-coding genes start with ATN start codon except for the gene ND4, which uses GTG as start codon. Eight protein-coding genes use TAA as stop codon and others use incomplete stop codons "T" or "TA". The A + T-rich region is located between rrnS and trnI with a length of 1328 bp.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China and.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shu-jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xue-xin
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D023061:Gene Order; D017344:Genes, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D007313:Insecta / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator
keywords: Megaloptera; Neochauliodes bowringi; Neuroptera; mitochondrial genome