The complete mitochondrial genome of the midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus).

Authors :: Xu B
Gao J
Chen Z
Wang L
Li Z
Zhou Q
Wang C
Source :: Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis [Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal] 2016 Nov; Vol. 27 (6), pp. 3895-3896. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Dec 09.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) is an important aquarium fish that has served as a model organism for studying sympatric speciation. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of the midas cichlid. We report that the cichlid's mitochondrial genome is a circular DNA double strand of 16,521 bp length, which contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 1 control region. The overall-base compositions of the H-strand are as follows: A, 28.56%; C, 30.69%; G, 15.11%; T, 25.64%. This study provides important genomic data to further the research of the genetic evolution of cichlids.

Subjects :: Animals
DNA, Mitochondrial chemistry
DNA, Mitochondrial genetics
Evolution, Molecular
RNA, Ribosomal genetics
RNA, Transfer genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Cichlids genetics
Genome, Mitochondrial genetics

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