title: Annotated mitochondrial genome assemblies for two sand lances (genus: Ammodytes) from the northwest Atlantic.
abstract: Complete mitochondrial genomes of two northwest Atlantic sand lances (Ammodytes americanus and Ammodytes dubius) were sequenced, assembled, and annotated. Both genomes were 16 519 bp in length and were differentiated by a genetic distance of only 0.01. Furthermore, mitochondrial gene annotations were identical for both species. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that divergence between the two species was shallow, relative to other members of the genus.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biology , Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Horne
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biology , Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
authors.forename: Meghan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mcbride
authors.affiliation: b School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park , Norwich , UK , and.
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lighten
authors.affiliation: c Department of Fisheries and Oceans , St. John's , Newfoundland , Canada.
authors.forename: Ian R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Bradbury
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biology , Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bentzen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010473:Perciformes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D029941:Fish Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Ammodytidae; Uranoscopiformes; fish