title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Poecilia formosa (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Poecilia formosa is first reported in this study. The length of genome is 16 550 bp, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 22 transfer RNA genes. Congeneric mitogenome sequence identity is 87.7% with P. reticulate and 93.1% with P. sphenops. The reconstructed phylogenetic relationships of 16 Cyprinodontiformes species based on 13 protein-coding genes were highly supported and the clade of all Poecilia fishes included had a support value of 100%. Our results shall provide a better understanding in the evolutionary histories of the Cyprinodontiformes.
authors.affiliation: a Planning and Information Division, Fisheries Research Institute , Keelung , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Hsuan
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: b Department of Silviculture , Taiwan Forestry Research Institute , Taipei , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Chen
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: a Planning and Information Division, Fisheries Research Institute , Keelung , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chen-Te
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.affiliation: c Department of Aquaculture , National Taiwan Ocean University , Keelung , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jenn-Kan
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: d Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources , National Sun Yat-Sen University , Kaohsiung , Taiwan , and.|e Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University , Kaohsiung , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsiu-Chin
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003532:Cyprinodontiformes / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011036:Poecilia / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Amazon molly; Cyprinodontiformes; Poecilia formosa; mitochondria