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The complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow coaster, Acraea issoria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini): sequence, gene organization and a unique tRNA translocation event

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In this paper, the complete mitochondrial genome of Acraea issoria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini) is reported; a circular molecule of 15,245 bp in size. For A. issoria, genes are arranged in the same order and orientation as the complete sequenced mitochondrial genomes of the other lepidopteran species, except for the presence of an extra copy of tRNAIle(AUR)b in the control region. All protein-coding genes of A. issoria mitogenome start with a typical ATN codon and terminate in the common stop codon TAA, except that COI gene uses TTG as its initial codon and terminates in a single T residue. All tRNA genes possess the typical clover leaf secondary structure except for tRNASer(AGN), which has a simple loop with the absence of the DHU stem. The sequence, organization and other features including nucleotide composition and codon usage of this mitochondrial genome were also reported and compared with those of other sequenced lepidopterans mitochondrial genomes. There are some short microsatellite-like repeat regions (e.g., (TA)9, polyA and polyT) scattered in the control region, however, the conspicuous macro-repeats units commonly found in other insect species are absent.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Scientific and Technologic Funds for the Outstanding Youth in Anhui Province (Grant No. 08040106811), the special funds for the outstanding college scholars and the “Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources” in Anhui Province, and partially by Supported by a grant (No. O529YX5105) from the Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Public Welfare Project from the Ministry of Agriculture, China (Grant No. 200803006). We also thank Dr. Gai Yonghua (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Liu Gang (College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University), Yu Fang, Yuan Feng, Chen FuQiang and Wang Chen (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for their comments on the manuscript and kindly help in sequence analysis.

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    Jing Hu, Daxiu Zhang & Jiasheng Hao

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    Dunyuan Huang

  3. Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

    Stephen Cameron

  4. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution (CAS), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100087, China

    Chaodong Zhu

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Hu, J., Zhang, D., Hao, J. et al. The complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow coaster, Acraea issoria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini): sequence, gene organization and a unique tRNA translocation event. Mol Biol Rep 37, 3431–3438 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-009-9934-3

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