Complete mitochondrial genome of a German Shepherd (Canis lupus familiaris breed German Shepherd) provides insights into genome-wide sequence variations.
In this work, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a German shepherd. The total length of the mitogenome was 16,727 bp. It contained the typical structure of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and a non-coding control region (D-loop region). The arrangement of these genes was the same as that found in other dogs. All the protein initial codons were ATG, except for ND2, ND3 and ND5 starting with ATA. Sequence comparison indicates that D-loop region harbors most sequence variations.
a Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hebei Province , Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology , Qinhuangdao , China .
Qing-Hui
QH
Jia
b Department of pharmacy , Hebei North University , Zhangjiakou , China .
Hong-Bin
HB
Liu
c Department of Animal Science and Technology , Hebei North University , Zhangjiakou , China , and.
Xiao-Long
XL
Gu
d Department of Animal Science , Institute of Animal Science of Hebei , Baoding , China.
Jie-Feng
JF
Li
a Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hebei Province , Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology , Qinhuangdao , China .
Yan-Long
YL
Liu
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D014644:Genetic Variation; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / 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
Genome; German shepherd; mitochondrion