title: Mitochondrial genome of the Sichuan field mouse (Apodemus latronum).
abstract: Wood mice of the genus Apodemus are the most common small rodents in fields and broad-leaf forests in the temperate zone. In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Apodemus latronum. It was endemic species to China, which mainly inhabited at the high land of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. The complete mitochondrial genome sequences of A. latronum was estimated to be 16,288 bases. Its organization and order were similar to that of typical vertebrate and other rodents' mitochondrial genomes, which consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 1 control region. Most protein-coding genes used ATG as the initiation codon. However, ND1, ND2 and ND5 began with ATA, whereas ND3 initiated with ATT. The termination codon also showed some degree of variation, and three types of stop codons were observed. The mitogenome sequence of A. latronum could provide helpful data to study the phylogeny of Apodemus.
authors: a Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , P. R. China .
authors: Hao
authors: H
authors: Yue
authors: b Sichuan Academy of Forestry , Chengdu , P. R. China , and.
authors: Shaoying
authors: S
authors: Liu
authors: b Sichuan Academy of Forestry , Chengdu , P. R. China , and.
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Liu
authors: c Key Laboratory of Bioresources and Ecoenvironment (Ministry of Education) , Sichuan University, College of Life Sciences , Chengdu , P. R. China.
authors: Xiuyue
authors: X
authors: Zhang
authors: c Key Laboratory of Bioresources and Ecoenvironment (Ministry of Education) , Sichuan University, College of Life Sciences , Chengdu , P. R. China.
authors: Zhenxin
authors: Z
authors: Fan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018388:Codon, Terminator / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051189:Murinae / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018388:Codon, Terminator; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012313:RNA; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Apodemus latronum; complete mitochondrial genome; molecular marker