title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens).
abstract: The Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) is one of the popular aquarium fish. Serious attentions have been paid to the biodiversity of the fish. The mitochondrial genome of the Siamese fighting fish is reported to be 17 099 bp and includes 37 genes. The gene organization is similar to other fish mitogenomes. The control region is AT-rich and includes three tandem repeats. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that the fish is close to fish in the Macropodus genus. This mitogenome will assist in studying the mitochondrial variations and population structure in this fish and examine the evolutionary relationship among fish in the Osphronemidae family.
authors.affiliation: a The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics , Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China and.|b College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University , Shanghai , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ying-Nan
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: a The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics , Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Gui-Bao
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: a The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics , Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Jiong-Tang
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D005075:Biological Evolution; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029941:Fish Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Betta splendens; complete mitogenome; control region