title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the pelagic thresher Alopias pelagicus (Lamniformes: Alopiidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the pelagic thresher Alopias pelagicus is first presented in this study. It is 16,692 bp in length and contains the 37 genes and 1 control region with the typical gene order and transcriptional direction in the vertebrates. The overall base composition is 32.1% A, 29.3% T, 25.3% C and 13.3% G. Totally, 27 bp overlaps and 25 bp short intergenic spaces are dispersal in the mitogenome. The tRNA-Ser2 (GCU) cannot be folded into the typical cloverleaf structure because of lacking the dihydrouridine arm. Two start codons (ATG and GTG) and three stop codons (AGG, TAG and TAA/T) were used in the 13 protein-coding genes.
authors.affiliation: Guangxi Key Lab for Mangrove Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi Mangrove Research Center , Beihai , PR China and.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Weiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: Xiaofang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012754:Sharks / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Elasmobranchii; mitogenome; thresher shark