title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Chinese skipper, Polytremis jigongi (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
abstract: The sequence of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Polytremis jigongi (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) has been presented in this article. It is 15,353 bp in length, with an A + T content of 80.9% containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and a noncoding control region (D-loop). All of the 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes were found. All protein-coding genes started with ATN as a start codon except for the gene COX1 that uses CGA as in other lepidopteran species. Five protein-coding genes use incomplete stop codon TA or T, while the others use TAA as stop codons. Most of the tRNA genes can be folded into a typical cloverleaf structure. Nucleotide composition is similar to other insects, showing a high bias toward A + T. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the genome sequence of P. jigongi is close to Hesperiidae.
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , Shanghai , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Qichang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , Shanghai , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Huidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , Shanghai , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , Shanghai , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: b Shanghai Zoological Park , Shanghai , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , Shanghai , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: a Shanghai Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , Shanghai , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Weibin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
keywords: Hesperiidae; Lepidoptera; Polytremis jigongi; mitogenome