title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus).
abstract: The midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) is an important aquarium fish that has served as a model organism for studying sympatric speciation. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of the midas cichlid. We report that the cichlid's mitochondrial genome is a circular DNA double strand of 16,521 bp length, which contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 1 control region. The overall-base compositions of the H-strand are as follows: A, 28.56%; C, 30.69%; G, 15.11%; T, 25.64%. This study provides important genomic data to further the research of the genetic evolution of cichlids.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture , Shanghai , P.R. China and.|b Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture , Shanghai , P.R. China and.|b Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture , Shanghai , P.R. China and.|b Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zaizhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture , Shanghai , P.R. China and.|b Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture , Shanghai , P.R. China and.|b Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhongpu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture , Shanghai , P.R. China and.|b Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources , Ministry of Agriculture , Shanghai , P.R. China and.|b Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206) , Shanghai , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chenghui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D023681:Cichlids / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Cichlidae; midas cichlid; mitochondrial genome