title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the writing spider Argiope amoena (Araneae: Araneidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Argiope amoena is a circular molecule of 14,121 bp in length, contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 21 transfer RNAs genes and a control region. The A + T content of the overall base composition of H-strand is 72.1% (T: 38.2%; C: 10.6%; A: 33.9%; G: 17.3%). ND1, ND4, ND6 and ATP6 begin with ATA as start codon, ND4L begins with ATG, ATP8, Cyt b, ND2 and ND3 genes begin with ATT, and the other two protein-coding genes begin with TTG. ATP6, ATP8, COI, COII, COIII, Cyt b, ND1, ND2, ND3, ND4L and ND5 genes are terminated with TAA as stop codon, ND6 ends with TAG, and ND4 ends with T.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hong-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jian
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hong-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D013112:Spiders / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon
keywords: Araneidae; Argiope amoena; mitogenome