The complete mitochondrial genomes of two chiton species (Sypharochiton pelliserpentis and Sypharochiton sinclairi) obtained using Illumina next generation sequencing.
Using an Illumina platform, we shot-gun sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of two sister chiton species (Sypharochiton pelliserpentis and Sypharochiton sinclairi) to an average coverage of 172× and 60×, respectively. We performed a de novo assembly using SOAPdenovo2 and determined the total mitogenome lengths to be 15,048 and 15,028 bps, respectively. The gene organization was similar to that of other chitons, with 13 protein-coding genes, 24 transfer RNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs. These data will contribute for resolving the taxonomy and population genetic structures of these species.
a School of Biological Sciences and.
Andrew J
AJ
Veale
a School of Biological Sciences and.
Liam
L
Williams
a School of Biological Sciences and.
Peter
P
Tsai
a School of Biological Sciences and.
Vibhavari
V
Thakur
a School of Biological Sciences and.|b Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand.
Shane
S
Lavery
D000818:Animals; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D049916:Polyplacophora / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012343:RNA, Transfer
Chitonidae; cryptic species; mitochondrial genome