title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Lithobates sylvaticus (Anura: Ranidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Lithobates sylvaticus (Anura: Ranidae) was sequenced. The genome is a circular molecule of 17,343 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a large non-coding region. The gene order and mitochondrial genome information of L. sylvaticus is similar to most other frogs. The overall AT content of L. sylvaticus mitochondrial DNA is 59.3%. In BI and MLtrees, we found L. sylvaticus is a sister clade to L. catesbeianus. The monophyly of Lithobates, Rana, Odorrana, Glandirana, Pelophylax, and Amolops is well supported, but the paraphyly of Babina is supported.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ecology, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China .
authors.forename: Ningning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ecology, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China .
authors.forename: Danna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: b Department of Biology, Carleton University , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Kenneth B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.affiliation: c College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China.
authors.forename: Rongquan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ecology, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China .|c College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , Zhejiang Province , China.
authors.forename: Jiayong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D011898:Ranidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
keywords: Lithobates sylvaticus; Ranidae; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny