title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Gonepteryx rhamni (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Coliadinae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Linnaeus Gonepteryx rhamni (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Coliadinae) is a circular molecule of 15,023 bp in length, containing 37 typical coding genes and one non-coding AT-rich region. Its gene order and content are identical to the common type found in most insect mitogenomes. All protein coding genes (PCGs) start with a typical ATN initiation codon, except for the cox1, which use CGA as its start codon. Nine genes use standard complete termination codon (TAA), whereas the cox1, cox2, nad4 and nad5 genes end with single T. Except for trnS1(AGN), all tRNA genes display typical secondary cloverleaf structures as those of other insects. Additionally, the 371 bp long AT-rich region contains a few structures common to the other lepidopterons, such as the motif ATAGA followed by a 17 bp poly-T stretch, a microsatellite-like (AT)10 element preceded by the ATTTA motif, and a 10 bp poly-A presented immediately upstream of trnM gene.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Yunliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Chaomin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: b Forest Pest and Disease Management & Quarantine Station of Diebu County , Diebu , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Quanlin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Qinghui
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Jiasheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D002080:Butterflies / Q000235:genetics*; D003062:Codon; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon
keywords: Coliadinae; Gonepteryx rhamni; Pieridae; mitochondrial genome