title: Mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic position of the tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus) was first presented in this study. It was 16 693 bp in length with the typical gene order in vertebrates. The overall base composition was 33.6% A, 25.6% C, 12.7% G and 28.1% T. Two start (ATG and GTG) and two stop (TAG and TAA/T--) codons were found in the protein-coding genes. The size of 22 tRNA genes ranged from 67 to 75 bp. The origin of L-strand replication could form a hairpin structure. All nodes strongly supported that N. ferrugineus was placed as sister to Rhincodon typus in the Bayesian tree.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fishery Resource Application and Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , Guangdong , PR China and.
authors.forename: Junjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Marine Biotechnology , School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhu , Zhejiang , PR China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: b Department of Marine Biotechnology , School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhu , Zhejiang , PR China.
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: b Department of Marine Biotechnology , School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhu , Zhejiang , PR China.
authors.forename: Weiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.affiliation: b Department of Marine Biotechnology , School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhu , Zhejiang , PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012754:Sharks / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Ginglymostomatidae; Nebrius ferrugineus; mitogenome