The complete mitogenome of the endangered freshwater crayfish Cherax tenuimanus (Smith 1912) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae)

Christopher M Austin; Mun Hua Tan; Huan You Gan; Han Ming Gan

doi:10.3109/19401736.2014.1003900

The complete mitogenome of the endangered freshwater crayfish Cherax tenuimanus (Smith 1912) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae)

Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Nov;27(6):4176-4177. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.1003900. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

Authors

Christopher M Austin^{1

2}, Mun Hua Tan^{1

2}, Huan You Gan^{1

2}, Han Ming Gan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ a Genomics Facility , Monash University Malaysia , Selangor , Malaysia and.
² b School of Science, Monash University Malaysia , Selangor , Malaysia.

PMID: 25630729
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.1003900

Abstract

Next-Gen sequencing was used to recover the complete mitochondrial genome of Cherax tenuimanus. The mitogenome consists of 15,797 base pairs (68.14% A + T content) containing 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal subunit genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and a 779 bp non-coding AT-rich region. Mitogenomes have now been recovered for all six species of Cherax native to Western Australia.

Keywords: Astacidea; conservation; molecular resources.

MeSH terms

Animals
Base Composition
Decapoda / genetics*
Endangered Species
Gene Order
Genome Size
Genome, Mitochondrial
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / methods*
Mitochondria / genetics*
Open Reading Frames
RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
RNA, Transfer / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Transfer