title: The complete mitogenome of Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) (Chordata: Ziphiidae).
abstract: In this study, we used the next-generation sequencing method to deduce the complete mitogenome of Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) for the first time. The nucleotide composition was asymmetric (33.3% A, 25.3% C, 12.6% G, and 28.7% T) with an overall GC content of 37.9%. The length of the assembled mitogenome was 16,339 bp and follows the typical vertebrate arrangement, including 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs genes, and a non-coding control region of D-loop. The D-loop contains 870 bp and is located between tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe. The complete mitogenome of Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale deduced in this study provides essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis for cetaceans.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biology , National Museum of Natural Science , Taichung , Taiwan .
authors.forename: Chiou-Ju
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: b WeThink Biotech Inc. , Taoyuan , Taiwan , and.
authors.forename: Ching-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: c Department of Bioscience Technology , Chung Yuan Christian University , Chung-Li , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chung-Der
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Hsiao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Q000379:methods; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D014907:Whales / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale; Ziphiidae; mitogenome; next generation sequencing