title: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Gloydius shedaoensis (Squamata: Viperidae).
abstract: Gloydius shedaoensis is an insular and vulnerable pitviper that is endemic to Snake Island, northeastern China. In this study, we successfully sequenced mitochondrial genomes of two individuals of G. shedaoensis. The complete mitochondrial genomes of G. shedaoensis are circular molecular with 17 222 and 17 221 bp in length respectively, which both contain 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, an origin of light-strand replication (OL) and two non-coding control regions. Compared with previously published mitochondrial genomes of Gloydius species, the base composition and gene arrangement are rather conservative. A Bayesian phylogenetic tree using the complete mitochondrial genomes of all viper species available showed a consistent result with previous studies.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Yibin University , Yibin , China.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Yibin University , Yibin , China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: b Liaoning Snake Island-Laotie Mountain National Nature Reserve Authority , Dalian , Liaoning , China , and.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Yibin University , Yibin , China.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Yibin University , Yibin , China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: b Liaoning Snake Island-Laotie Mountain National Nature Reserve Authority , Dalian , Liaoning , China , and.
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: c Department of Biology and Chemistry , Shenyang Normal University , Shenyang , China.
authors.forename: Pipeng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Yibin University , Yibin , China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D000073562:Crotalinae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic; pitviper; snake