title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Aluterus monoceros.
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Aluterus monoceros (A. monoceros) has been sequenced. The mitochondrial genome of A. monoceros is 16,429 bp in length, consisting of 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes and a D-loop region (Gen Bank accession number KP637022). The base A + T of the mitochondrial genome is 63.25%, including 33.16% of A, 30.09% of T and 20.74% of C. Twelve protein-coding genes start with a standard ATG as the initiation codon, expect for the COXI, which begins with GTG. Some of the termination codons are incomplete T or TA, except for the ND1, COXI, ATP8, ND4L1, ND5 and ND6, which stop with TAA. Construction of phylogenetic trees based on the entire mitochondrial genome sequence of 14 Tetrodontiformes species constructed has suggested that A. monoceros has closer relationship with Acreichthys tomentosus and Monacanthus chinensis, and they constitute a sister group.
authors.affiliation: a College of Ocean, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, Hainan University , Haikou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wenshen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a College of Ocean, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, Hainan University , Haikou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Guoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a College of Ocean, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, Hainan University , Haikou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: a College of Ocean, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, Hainan University , Haikou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a College of Ocean, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, Hainan University , Haikou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Guohua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
keywords: Aluterus monoceros; mitochondrial genome; sequence analysis