title: Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Formica selysi (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Formica selysi has been assembled from Illumina sequencing data with an average coverage of 2733X. The circular genome was 16,752 bp in length, and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and one D-loop region. All PCGs initiated with ATN codons and terminated with the TAA codon. The nucleotide composition was highly asymmetric (40.33% A, 11.07% C, 5.66% G and 42.94% T) with an overall GC content of 16.73%. Unlike those of most other insects, the mitochondrial genome of F. selysi was characterized by an obviously high proportion of intergenic spacers. These data would contribute to the evolutionary studies of this and related ant taxa.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , Shaanxi , P. R. China .|b Department of Physical Education , Xianyang Normal University , Xianyang , Shaanxi , P. R. China , and.
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: c State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering , National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , Shaanxi , P. R. China .
authors.forename: Lei-Gang
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , Shaanxi , P. R. China .
authors.forename: Zeng-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000235:genetics*; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D019476:Insect Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Data mining; MITObim; illumina sequencing; mitogenome; next-generation sequencing (NGS)