title: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Neovison vison (Carnivora: Mustelidae).
abstract: The phylogenetic and taxonomic position of the American mink Neovison vison have long been unclear. In this paper, the complete mitogenome of N. vison was sequenced and characterized. The total length was 16,594 bp and typically consists of 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNA, a large control region (CR) and a light-strand replication origin (OL). Gene contents, locations, and arrangements were identical to those of typical vertebrate. The overall base composition is 33.6%, 25.4%, 27.8% and 13.3% for A, C, T and G, respectively, with a moderate bias on AT content (61.4%). This result is expected to provide useful molecular data and contribute to further taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of Mustelidae and Carnivora.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Special Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) , Changchun , P.R. China .|b State Key Lab for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals , Changchun , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Wei-Li
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: c Tianjin Maianzhen Biotech Ltd , Tianjin , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shao-Jing
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Special Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) , Changchun , P.R. China .|b State Key Lab for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals , Changchun , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Special Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) , Changchun , P.R. China .|b State Key Lab for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals , Changchun , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Han-Lu
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Special Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) , Changchun , P.R. China .|b State Key Lab for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals , Changchun , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Special Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) , Changchun , P.R. China .|b State Key Lab for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals , Changchun , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Ya-Han
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Special Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) , Changchun , P.R. China .|b State Key Lab for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals , Changchun , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Guang-Yu
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D045969:Mustelidae / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: American mink; Mustelinae; mitogenome; phylogeny