Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jan 2019)

The male and female complete mitochondrial genomes of the threatened freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae)

  • André Gomes-dos-Santos,
  • Elsa Froufe,
  • Rafaela Amaro,
  • Paz Ondina,
  • Sophie Breton,
  • Davide Guerra,
  • David C. Aldridge,
  • Ivan N. Bolotov,
  • Ilya V. Vikhrev,
  • Han Ming Gan,
  • Duarte V. Gonçalves,
  • Arthur E. Bogan,
  • Ronaldo Sousa,
  • Donald Stewart,
  • Amílcar Teixeira,
  • Simone Varandas,
  • David Zanatta,
  • Manuel Lopes-Lima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1598794
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1417 – 1420

Abstract

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The complete mitogenomes of one (M-)ale (North America), one Hermaphroditic (Europe), and two (F-)emale (North America and Europe) individuals of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera were sequenced. The M-type and F-type (Female and Hermaphroditic) mitogenomes have 17,421 and 16,122 nucleotides, respectively. All with the same content: 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA, two ribosomal RNA genes, and one sex-related ORF. The M-type is highly divergent (37.6% uncorrected p-distance) from the F-type mitogenomes. North American and European F-type mitogenomes exhibit low genetic divergence (68 nt substitutions), and the Female and Hermaphroditic European mitogenomes are almost identical, and matching sex-related ORFs.

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