title: Complete mitochondrial genomes of the Northern (Salvelinus malma) and Southern (Salvelinus curilus) Dolly Varden chars (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genomes were sequenced from the Northern and Southern Dolly Varden chars, Salvelinus malma and S. curilus. The genome sequences are 16,654 bp in size in both species, and the gene arrangement, composition, and size are very similar to the salmonid fish genomes published previously. The level of sequence divergence between S. malma and S. curilus inferred from the complete mitochondrial genomes is relatively low (1.88%) indicating recent divergence of the species and/or historical hybridization.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , University of California , Irvine , CA , USA and.|b A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science , Palchevskogo , Vladivostok , Russia.
authors.forename: Evgeniy S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Balakirev
authors.affiliation: b A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science , Palchevskogo , Vladivostok , Russia.
authors.forename: Nikolai S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Romanov
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , University of California , Irvine , CA , USA and.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ayala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D023061:Gene Order / Q000502:physiology*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D014337:Trout / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Arctic char S. alpinus; complete mitochondrial genome; hybridization; mtDNA introgression; northern dolly varden char Salvelinus malma; salmonids; southern dolly varden char Salvelinus curilus