Complete mitochondrial genome of the green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus (Mollusca: Mytiloidea), from long nanopore sequencing reads

Louis Ranjard; Thomas K F Wong; Carsten Külheim; Allen G Rodrigo; Norman L C Ragg; Selina Patel; Brendon J Dunphy

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1437810

Complete mitochondrial genome of the green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus (Mollusca: Mytiloidea), from long nanopore sequencing reads

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Feb 9;3(1):175-176. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1437810.

Authors

Louis Ranjard¹, Thomas K F Wong¹, Carsten Külheim¹, Allen G Rodrigo¹, Norman L C Ragg², Selina Patel³, Brendon J Dunphy³

Affiliations

¹ Research School of Biology, ANU College of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
² Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand.
³ School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Abstract

We describe here the first complete genome assembly of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus, mitochondrion. The assembly was performed de novo from a mix of long nanopore sequencing reads and short sequencing reads. The genome is 16,005 bp long. Comparison to other Mytiloidea mitochondrial genomes indicates important gene rearrangements in this family.

Keywords: Mitochondrion; Perna canaliculus; bivalvia; nanopore sequencing.