title: Comparative analysis of the complete mitochondrial genomes of three geographical topmouth culter (Culter alburnus) groups and implications for their phylogenetics.
abstract: Topmouth culter (C. alburnus) is an important commercial fish in China. We compared the nucleotide variations in the mtDNA genomes among three geographical groups of Culter alburnus: Liangzi Lake, Hubei Province (referred to as LZH); Taihu Lake, Jiangsu Province (TH); and Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province (PYH). The similarity of whole mtDNA genomes ranged from 0.992 to 0.999. The similarity among 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and the D-loop sequences was found to range from 0.982 to 0.996. This is useful data for future designing work for making specific molecular marker for distinguishing individuals of C. alburnus from the three geographical groups. An extended termination-associated sequence (ETAS) and several conserved blocks (CSB-F, CSB-E, CSB-D, CSB1, CSB2, and CSB3) were identified in the mtDNA control regions. A phylogenetic analysis shows a monophyletic relationship of the LZF-female and the LZF-male. However, the analysis also showed paraphyletic relationships for the other two geological groups. This result will be useful for the future breeding work of C. alburnus.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Resources and Utilization of Jiangxi , School of Life Sciences , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Jianwu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Resources and Utilization of Jiangxi , School of Life Sciences , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Dexia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Resources and Utilization of Jiangxi , School of Life Sciences , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Junhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Resources and Utilization of Jiangxi , School of Life Sciences , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Junqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Resources and Utilization of Jiangxi , School of Life Sciences , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Resources and Utilization of Jiangxi , School of Life Sciences , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Beijuan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: c Nanchang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Liugen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: c Nanchang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Minghe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Resources and Utilization of Jiangxi , School of Life Sciences , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.|b Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering of Jiangxi , Nanchang University , Nanchang , China.
authors.forename: Yijiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Culter alburnus; mitochondrial genome; molecular marker