title: The complete mitochondrial genome of eastern lowland gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri, and comparative mitochondrial genomics of Gorilla species.
abstract: In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of eastern lowland gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri for the first time. The total genome was 16,416 bp in length. It contained a total of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 1 control region (D-loop region). The base composition was A (30.88%), G (13.10%), C (30.89%) and T (25.13%), indicating that the percentage of A+T (56.01%) was higher than G+C (43.99%). Comparisons with the other publicly available Gorilla mitogenome showed the conservation of gene order and base compositions but a bunch of nucleotide diversity. This complete mitochondrial genome sequence will provide valuable genetic information for further studies on conservation genetics of eastern lowland gorilla.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China and.
authors.forename: Xiao-di
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China and.|b Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Kunming , China.
authors.forename: Li-zhi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D023061:Gene Order; D014644:Genetic Variation; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
keywords: Eastern lowland gorilla; G. beringei graueri; mitochondrial genome