title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Melanargia asiatica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae).
abstract: We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of Melanargia asiatica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). The entire closed circular molecule is 15,142 bp long, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and a AT-rich region. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) initiate with the typical start codons ATN, with the exception of cox1, which uses CGA instead. Nine PCGs use the conventional stop codons (TAA) and the other four genes (cox1, cox2, nad4 and nad5) use a single T as the stop codon. All tRNA genes display typical secondary cloverleaf structures, except for trnS1 (AGN), whose dihydrouridine (DHU) arm is replaced by a simple loop, as observed in all other lepidopterans. The AT-rich region is 319 bp in length and contains some features characteristic of lepidopterans, such as the ATAGA motif followed by a 19-bp poly-T stretch and a microsatellite-like repeat of (TA)6T(TA) preceded by the ATTTA motif.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Genetic Resources, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China .|b Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China , and.|c Jiangxi Environmental Engineering Vocational College , Ganzhou , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dunyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: b Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China , and.
authors.forename: Jiasheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: b Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China , and.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: c Jiangxi Environmental Engineering Vocational College , Ganzhou , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tianjuan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: b Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China , and.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Genetic Resources, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002080:Butterflies / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Melanargia asiatica; Nymphalidae; Satyrinae; mitochondrial genome