Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jan 2020)

The mitochondrial genome of a social wasp, Vespa simillima simillima (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

  • Moon-Bo Choi,
  • Young-Ho Ha,
  • Il-Kown Kim,
  • Seung Hwan Oh,
  • Chang-Jun Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1699458
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 266 – 267

Abstract

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We analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of a social wasp, Vespa simillima simillima from South Korea prior to a systematic study on Korean Vespidae. The mitogenome is 16,740 bp in length, includes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and a 228 bp short A + T-rich region. The overall base composition is 82.0% AT and 18.0% GC. The maximum-likelihood analysis suggested that V. s. simillima is closely related to V. bicolor, another species of Vespidae.

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