title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the armored catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the armored catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus, was determined by next generation sequencing of genomic DNA without prior sample processing or primer design. Bioinformatics analysis resulted in the entire mitochondrial genome sequence with length of 16,523 bp. The H. plecostomus mitochondrial genome is consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 1 control region, showing typical circular molecule structure of mitochondrial genome as in other vertebrates. The whole genome base composition was estimated to be 31.8% A, 27.0% T, 14.6% G, and 26.6% C, with A/T bias of 58.8%. This work provided the H. plecostomus mitochondrial genome sequence which should be valuable for species identification, phylogenetic analysis and conservation genetics studies in catfishes.
authors.affiliation: a The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit , School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA.
authors.forename: Shikai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit , School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA.
authors.forename: Jiaren
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit , School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: a The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit , School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA.
authors.forename: Zhanjiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002397:Catfishes / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Armored catfish; Hypostomus plecostomus; mitogenome; next generation sequencing