title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Pseudaesopia japonica (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae).
abstract: The Pseudaesopia japonica belongs to family Soleidae in order Pleuronectiformes. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of P. japonica was determined and described. The mitogenome is 16 790 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs, one control region, and a light strand replication origin. The arrangement of this mitogenome is identical to that of the typical teleost. The overall base composition is 28.5%, 25.7%, 30.3%, and 15.5%, for A, T, C, and G, respectively, with a slight bias on A + T content (54.3%). The maximum likelihood phylogeny tree of 22 flatfishes demonstrated that the species from Zebrias and Aesopia firstly formed a sister group, and then clustered in the same clade with P. japonicas. This study is expected to contributing to the systematic evolution of P. japonicas and further phylogenetic relationship of Soleidae and Pleuronectiformes.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou , PR China and.|b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , PR China.
authors.forename: Lizhen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Si
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou , PR China and.|b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , PR China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou , PR China and.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou , PR China and.|b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , PR China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou , PR China and.
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Pseudaesopia japonica; phylogenetic relationship