title: The sequence and organization of complete mitochondrial genome of the yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788).
abstract: Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is one of the most important economic fishes around the world. In the present study, we determined the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence and organization of T. albacares. The entire mitochondrial genome is a circular-molecule of 16,528 bp in length, which encodes 37 genes in all. These genes comprise 13 protein-coding genes (ATP6 and 8, COI-III, Cytb, ND1-6 and 4 L), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and 2 ribosomal RNA genes (12S and 16S rRNAs). The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of T. albacares can provide basic information for the studies on molecular taxonomy and conservation genetics of teleost fishes.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization , Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Shanghai , China and.|b College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Jiaohui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization , Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Shanghai , China and.
authors.forename: Qiqun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization , Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Shanghai , China and.|b College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Dandan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization , Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Shanghai , China and.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization , Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Shanghai , China and.
authors.forename: Shaofei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014413:Tuna / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D003062:Codon
keywords: Conservation genetics; Thunnus albacares; mitochondrial genome; molecular taxonomy; yellowfin tuna