The complete sequence of mitochondrial genome of Wuzhishan pig (Sus Scrofa).
In the present study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of Wuzhishan pig, which was 16,741 bp in size and had a nucleotide composition in A and T (60.46%). The genome consisted of a major non-coding control region (D-loop region) and 37 genes, including 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. The genes in the mitochondrial genomes of Wuzhishan pig used three kinds of initiation codons (ATA, ATG, and GTG) and four kinds of termination codons (TAA, AGA, TAG, and an incomplete termination codons T-). The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Wuzhishan pig provides an important data set for further study on genetic mechanism.
a College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University , Changsha , China.
Yu-Lan
YL
Chai
a College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University , Changsha , China.
Dong
D
Xu
a College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University , Changsha , China.
Hai-Ming
HM
Ma
D000818:Animals; D003062:Codon; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000235:genetics*
D003062:Codon; D012343:RNA, Transfer
Genome composition; Wuzhishan pig; mitochondria