title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Micrura ignea Schwartz & Norenburg 2005 (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) and comparative analysis with other nemertean mitogenomes.
abstract: We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of the Heteronemertea species, Micrura ignea. The genome was amplified with a combination of short and long PCRs that were subjected to 454 sequencing. The mitogenome of M. ignea is a circular molecule of 15,333bp in size and encodes the 37 genes typically found in metazoans, and one non-coding region. The order of the genes is the same as for all the other Heteronemerteans. All genes are encoded on the heavy strand except trnT and trnP. The phylogenetic analyses recovered M. ignea as a basal taxon in the Lineidae family, no differences were found in the topology of the phylogenetic trees in comparison with previous studies.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Manejo y Conservación de Fauna, Flora y Ecosistemas Estratégicos Neotrópicales, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación en Evolución, Sistemática y Ecología Molecular, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia. Electronic address: jaimegonzalezcueto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Cueto
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Manejo y Conservación de Fauna, Flora y Ecosistemas Estratégicos Neotrópicales, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación en Evolución, Sistemática y Ecología Molecular, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia. Electronic address: mayronesneider@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mayron E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Escarraga-Fajardo
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Manejo y Conservación de Fauna, Flora y Ecosistemas Estratégicos Neotrópicales, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia. Electronic address: anamilagos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lagos
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Manejo y Conservación de Fauna, Flora y Ecosistemas Estratégicos Neotrópicales, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia. Electronic address: sigmerquiroga@unimagdalena.edu.co.
authors.forename: Sigmer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Evolución, Sistemática y Ecología Molecular, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia. Electronic address: lydaraquelcastro@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lyda R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
keywords: Lineidae; Mitogenome; Phylogeny of Nemertea; Ribbon worms