title: Mitochondrial genome of the African lion Panthera leo leo.
abstract: In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the African lion P. leo leo was reported. The total length of the mitogenome was 17,054 bp. It contained the typical mitochondrial structure, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 1 control region; 21 of the tRNA genes folded into typical cloverleaf secondary structure except for tRNASe. The overall composition of the mitogenome was A (32.0%), G (14.5%), C (26.5%) and T (27.0%). The new sequence will provide molecular genetic information for conservation genetics study of this important large carnivore.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University , Shenyang , China and.
authors.forename: Yue-ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China.
authors.forename: Shuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008045:Lions / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
keywords: African lion (Panthera leo leo); genome; mitochondrion