title: The near-complete mitogenome sequence of the Omei Horned Toad Megophrys omeimontis Liu, 1950 (Anura, Megophryidae).
abstract: The nearly complete mitogenome of Megophrys omeimontis is 17,013 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a D-loop region, and it shares the identical gene arrangement with Atympanophrys shapingensis. The overall base composition of this mitogenome is biased toward AT content at 60.10%. Most PCGs begin with ATG, whereas ND1 starts with ATA, ND2 initiates from ATT, ND3 starts with ATC, and COX1 begins with GTG. Four PCGs (COX1, ATP8, ND4L and ND5) use complete stop codon TAR, and ND6 ends with AGG, but the remaining eight PCGs terminate in TA or T. The putative control region of M. omeimontis mitogenome holds two tandem repeat motifs at the 5' and 3' ends, which is different from that of A. shapingensis mtDNA. Megophrys omeimontis becomes the sister lineage to the two other species, B. carinense and A. shapingensis.
authors: a College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China and.
authors: Jiabin
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: a College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China and.
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Xue
authors: a College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China and.
authors: Ye
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: a College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China and.
authors: Diyan
authors: D
authors: Li
authors: b College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China.
authors: Qigui
authors: Q
authors: Yan
authors: a College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu , China and.
authors: Jiandong
authors: J
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D001482:Base Composition; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Megophryidae; Megophrys omeimontis; mitochondrial genome