title: The complete mitochondrial genomes of Opisthoplatia orientalis and Blaptica dubia (Blattodea: Blaberidae).
abstract: The first complete mitochondrial genome in Blaberidae has been reported in this research. Opisthoplatia orientalis (Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) known as ground cockroach with golden edge is distributed in East and South Asia and widely used for thrombolytic therapy in China. Meanwhile, Blaptica dubia (Blaberidae, Blaberinae) has been adopted as feeder insect for various kinds of pets all over the world. In the present study, we investigated the complete mitochondrial genome of O. orientalis and B. dubia, and the mitogenome is 18 724  and 17 340 bp in length, respectively. The circular molecule consists of 13 protein coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and a non-coding control region, with an AT content of 75.7% for O. orientalis and 72.8% for B. dubia. A preliminary phylogenetic analysis has been carried out with 11 related species and the status of these two species is further confirmed.
authors.affiliation: a Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , China.|b Research and Development Center of TCM , Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine , Tianjin , China , and.
authors.forename: Xiaoxuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: a Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , China.|b Research and Development Center of TCM , Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine , Tianjin , China , and.
authors.forename: Guangyin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: a Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , China.|b Research and Development Center of TCM , Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine , Tianjin , China , and.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: a Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , China.|b Research and Development Center of TCM , Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine , Tianjin , China , and.
authors.forename: Pengzhi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: a Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , China.|b Research and Development Center of TCM , Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine , Tianjin , China , and.|c Tufts Medical Center, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute , Boston, MA , USA.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: a Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , China.
authors.forename: Xiumei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D049750:Genome, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Blaberidae; Blaptica dubia; Opisthoplatia orientalis; mitochondrial genome