title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the black star fat minnow (Rhynchocypris semotilus), an endemic and endangered fish of Korea.
abstract: The Black star fat minnow (Rhynchocypris semotilus) is an endemic and critically endangered freshwater fish in Korea. Its genome was 16 605 bp long and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes (PCG), two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and a control region. The gene order and the composition of R. semotilus were similar to that of most other vertebrates. Four overlapping regions in ATP8/ATP6, ATP6/COX3, ND4L/ND4, and ND5/ND6, among the 13 PCGs were found. The control region was located between the tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe genes and was determined to be 935 bp in length with the 3' end containing a 12 TA-repeat sequence. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that R. semotilus is most closely related to R. oxycephalus.
authors.affiliation: a National Institute of Biological Resources, Environmental Research Complex , Incheon , Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Nam
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: a National Institute of Biological Resources, Environmental Research Complex , Incheon , Korea.
authors.forename: Byung-Jik
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a National Institute of Biological Resources, Environmental Research Complex , Incheon , Korea.
authors.forename: Changmu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a National Institute of Biological Resources, Environmental Research Complex , Incheon , Korea.
authors.forename: Joo-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.affiliation: a National Institute of Biological Resources, Environmental Research Complex , Incheon , Korea.
authors.forename: Soonok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D056727:Endangered Species; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Endangered species; Korea; Rhynchocypris semotilus; mitogenome