title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the white char Salvelinus albus (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced in two individuals of white char Salvelinus albus. The genome sequences are 16 653 bp in size, and the gene arrangement, composition, and size are very similar to the salmonid fish genomes published previously. The low level of sequence divergence detected between the genome of S. albus and the GenBank complete mitochondrial genomes of the Northern Dolly Varden char S. malma (KJ746618) and the Arctic char S. alpinus (AF154851) may likely be due to recent divergence of the species and/or historical hybridization and interspecific replacement of mtDNA.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , University of California , Irvine , CA , United States of America .|b A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science , Vladivostok , Russia , and.|c Far Eastern Federal University , Vladivostok , Russia.
authors.forename: Evgeniy S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Balakirev
authors.affiliation: b A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science , Vladivostok , Russia , and.
authors.forename: Valery A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Parensky
authors.affiliation: b A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science , Vladivostok , Russia , and.
authors.forename: Mikhail Yu
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kovalev
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , University of California , Irvine , CA , United States of America .
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ayala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010802:Phylogeny; D012487:Salmonidae / Q000235:genetics*; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D029941:Fish Proteins
keywords: Arctic char S. alpinus; Northern Dolly Varden char S. malma; complete mitochondrial genome; hybridization; mtDNA introgression; salmonids; white char Salvelinus albus