The complete mitochondrial genome of Bemisia afer (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae).
The length of the Bemisia afer (Priesner & Hosny) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) is 14,968 bp and consists of 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), 21 transfer RNAs (tRNA), 2 ribosomal RNAs and 1 control region. Apart from one serine transfer RNA gene (tRNA-Ser) which is absent, the synteny is consistent with the mitogenomes of other whitefly species. The overall base composition of the heavy strand for A, G, T and C is 28.96, 18.97, 36.7 and 15.37%, respectively, with a slight AT bias. Two rare codons (GTG and TTG) are employed as start codons by some PCGs. B. afer is a group of cryptic species. This first mitogenome cloned from African cassava B. afer, therefore, both enrich the whitefly molecular resource and will aid the sequencing of the other species' mitogenomes. It will contribute significantly to resolving the systematics of the B. afer complex.
a Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology , Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China and.
Hua-Ling
HL
Wang
a Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology , Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China and.
Na
N
Xiao
a Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology , Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China and.
Jiao
J
Yang
a Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology , Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China and.
Xiao-Wei
XW
Wang
b Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich , Kent , United Kingdom.
John
J
Colvin
a Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology , Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China and.
Shu-Sheng
SS
Liu
D000818:Animals; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000235:genetics*; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012343:RNA, Transfer
Bemisia afer; mitochondrial genome; whitefly