title: Complete mitochondrial genomes of the yellow-bellied slider turtle Trachemys scripta scripta and anoxia tolerant red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans.
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genomes of the yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) and anoxia tolerant red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) turtles were sequenced to analyze gene arrangement. The complete mt genomes of T. s. scripta and elegans were circular molecules of 16,791 bp and 16,810 bp in length, respectively, and included an A + 1 frameshift insertion in ND3 and ND4L genes. The AT content of the overall base composition of scripta and elegans was 61.2%. Nucleotide sequence divergence of the mt-genome (p distance) between scripta and elegans was 0.4%. A detailed comparison between the mitochondrial genomes of the two subspecies is shown.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ecology, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China .
authors.forename: Danna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ecology, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China .
authors.forename: Xindong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Biology , Carleton University , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Kenneth B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.affiliation: c College of Life and Environment Science, Wenzhou University , Wenzhou , Zhejiang Province , China.
authors.forename: Yongpu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ecology, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China .
authors.forename: Jiayong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D014644:Genetic Variation; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D000860:Hypoxia; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D014426:Turtles / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Testudines; Trachemys scripta