Mitochondrial genome of a flashwing demoiselle, Vestalis melania from the Philippine Archipelago.
This study determined the first complete mitochondrial genome of a demoiselle, Vestalis melania (Odonata, Zygoptera, Calopterygidae) using long-range PCR and a primer walking approach. This mitogenome is 16,685 bp long and contains the entire set of 37 genes and an A + T-rich control region typically found in insects. Presently, this mitogenome is the largest mitogenome of all available odonates, mainly because of its long A + T-rich region (2036 bp). The gene arrangement of the V. melania mitogenome is identical to that of other known odonates. The inter-genic spacer s5 shared by the Anisoptera is absent in V. melania, which supports the view that the absence of the s5 spacer is a synapomorphy of the Zygoptera.
a Department of Life Science & Center for Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity , Tunghai University , Taichung , Taiwan .
Ming-Yu
MY
Chen
b Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica , Taipei , Taiwan .
Shu-Miaw
SM
Chaw
a Department of Life Science & Center for Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity , Tunghai University , Taichung , Taiwan .|c Department of Life Science , National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei , Taiwan .
Jo-Fan
JF
Wang
d Forestal Healing Homes and Therapeutic Milieu , Davao City , Philippines , and.
Reagan Joseph T
RJ
Villanueva
e Department of Biological Sciences , Iligan Institute of Technology, Mindanao State University , Tibanga , Iligan City , Philippines.
Olga M
OM
Nuñeza
a Department of Life Science & Center for Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity , Tunghai University , Taichung , Taiwan .|c Department of Life Science , National Taiwan Normal University , Taipei , Taiwan .
Chung-Ping
CP
Lin
D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D023061:Gene Order; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D063191:Odonata / Q000235:genetics*; D010679:Philippines; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
Calopterygidae; Odonata; Zygoptera; damselfly; inter-genic spacer; synapomorphy