title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Heliconius pachinus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Heliconius pachinus has been reconstructed from the whole-genome Illumina sequencing data. The circular genome is 15,369 bp in length, and comprises the typical components: 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and 1 D-loop region. PCGs are mostly initiated with either the ATN codons (COII, COIII, Cytb, ND2, ND3, ND4, ND4L, ND5, ND6, ATP6 & ATP8) or the TTG codon (ND1); the COI gene may use the unusual CGA as its initiation codon, as suggested for other lepidopteran species. Some PCGs harbor TAG (ND3) or incomplete termination codon T (COI, COII & ND4), while the others use TAA as their termination codons. The nucleotide composition is highly asymmetric (39.2% A, 42.0% T, 7.7% G, 11.1% C) with an overall GC content of 18.8%.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences, Northwest University , Xi'an , People's Republic of China .|b Longnan Teachers College , Chengxian , China , and.
authors.forename: Zhao-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: c College of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Pan-Feng
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences, Northwest University , Xi'an , People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Gui-Fang
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002080:Butterflies / Q000235:genetics*; D018387:Codon, Initiator / Q000235:genetics; D018388:Codon, Terminator / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D059646:Genome Size / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Butterfly; cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI); initiation codon; mitogenome; next-generation sequencing