title: The High-throughput sequencing of Sillago japonica mitochondrial genome reveals the phylogenetic position within the genus Sillago.
abstract: The complete mitogenome of Sillago japonica was determined through high-throughput DNA sequencing technology. The circular mtDNA molecule was 16 645 bp in size and encoded 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs and 2 non-coding regions, with the gene arrangement and content identical to other typical vertebrate mitogenomes. The identity analysis revealed that the mitogenome sequence of S. japonica shared a relatively high sequence identity to S. asiatica (81.5%) compared with S. aeolus (77.5%), S. indica (77.1%), and S. sihama (76.3%). The neighbor-joining tree of complete mitogenome sequence showed that S. japonica firstly clustered together with S. asiatica, then grouped with S. indica and S. sihama, and finally gathered with S. aeolus. Taken together, the results absolutely supported the evolutionary position of S. japonica and provided new insights into phylogenetic relationships of Sillago.
authors.affiliation: a College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University , Zhanjiang , Guangdong , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Sufang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: a College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University , Zhanjiang , Guangdong , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Renxie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: b South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , Guangdong , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University , Zhanjiang , Guangdong , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D029941:Fish Proteins; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: High-throughput sequencing technology; mitogenome, Sillago japonica