title: Complete mitochondrial genome of Argentine shortfin squid (Illex argentines).
abstract: In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of the Illex argentinus. The genome was 20,278 bp in length and contained 18 protein-coding genes, 23 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 3 main non-coding regions. The composition and order of genes were different to some other invertebrates. The overall base composition of I. argentinus was A 39.23%, C 17.50%, T 33.71% and G 9.56%, with a highly A + T bias of 72.94%. All of the three control regions (CR) contained termination-associated sequences and conserved sequence blocks. This mitogenome sequence data would play an important role in the taxonomic resolution and phylogeography of the Ommastrephidae.
authors.affiliation: a National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University , Zhoushan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: a National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University , Zhoushan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University , Zhoushan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianshe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University , Zhoushan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Aiyi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: a National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University , Zhoushan , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Changwen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D003062:Codon
keywords: Illex argentinus; mitochondrial genome; ommastrephidae