title: The complete mitogenome of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Insecta: Isoptera: Termopsidae).
abstract: The complete mitogenome of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis nevadensis was reconstructed from whole-genome Illumina sequencing data with an average coverage of 7052×. The circular genome is 15,444 bp in length, and consists of 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and one D-loop region. All PCGs are initiated with ATN codons, except for the ND1 and ND5 genes with the start codon GTG. Some PCGs harbor TAG (ND1) or incomplete stop codon T (COII, ND5 & Cytb), while the others use TAA as their stop codons. The nucleotide composition is asymmetric (45.8% A, 19.8% C, 10.9% G, 23.5% T) with an overall GC content of 30.7%. These data would contribute to the design of novel molecular markers for population and evolutionary studies of this and related termite species.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , Shaanxi , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zeng-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000502:physiology; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020049:Isoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D019476:Insect Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012313:RNA; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Data mining; MITObim; illumina sequencing; mitochondrial genome; next-generation sequencing (NGS)