Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jan 2019)

Mitogenome of Daphnia laevis (Cladocera, Daphniidae) from Brazil

  • Marcela Martins Ribeiro,
  • Susanne Facchin,
  • Adriana Heloísa Pereira,
  • Evanguedes Kalapothakis,
  • Shaolin Xu,
  • Bo-Ping Han,
  • Henri J. Dumont,
  • Arnola Cecília Rietzler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1545547
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 194 – 196

Abstract

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This study presents the first mitogenome of Daphnia laevis, a species that plays an important ecological role in Brazilian aquatic environments. The mitochondrion is 15,246 bp in size, with 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs genes, two rRNAs and d-loop region. Fourteen overlaps were found, a total of 98 bp. The percentages of A, T, C and G were 35.0%, 33.6%, 18.0%, and 13.4%, respectively, with A + T 68.6%. A cluster analysis confirmed that Daphnia laevis is close to other Daphnia species.

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