title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Kamchatka grayling Thymallus mertensii (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced in two individuals of the Kamchatka grayling Thymallus mertensii. The genome sequences are 16 662 bp in size, and the gene arrangement, composition, and size are very similar to the salmonid fish genomes published previously. The low level of sequence divergence (0.92%) detected between the genome of T. mertensii and the GenBank complete mitochondrial genomes of the Arctic grayling T. arcticus (FJ872559) may likely be due to recent divergence of the species and/or historical hybridization and interspecific replacement of mtDNA.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , University of California , Irvine, 321 Steinhaus Hall , Irvine , CA , USA.|b A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science , Vladivostok , Russia , and.|c Far Eastern Federal University, School of Natural Sciences , Vladivostok , Russia.
authors.forename: Evgeniy S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Balakirev
authors.affiliation: b A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science , Vladivostok , Russia , and.
authors.forename: Nikolai S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Romanov
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , University of California , Irvine, 321 Steinhaus Hall , Irvine , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ayala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012426:Russia; D012487:Salmonidae / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Kamchatka grayling Thymallus mertensii; salmonids