The complete mitochondrial genome of the Alticorpus geoffreyi

Abstract

The present study reported the complete mitochondrial genome of Alticorpus geoffreyi for the first time. The mitochondrial genome of A. geoffreyi possesses 16,578 bp in length, involving 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA, 13 protein-coding genes and one control region. In addition, its GC content is 45.82% that is similar to that of Astatotilapia calliptera (the GC content of 45.90%). Based on the complete mitochondrial genomes of 14 closely related species, the phylogenetic tree was further made to show their phylogenic relationship. The results will serve as a useful dataset for studying the evolution of Cichlidae mitochondrial genome.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Cyathochromis obliquidens

“… 2009 ), we mapped all the raw reads to the reference genome, complete mitochondrial genome of Alticorpus geoffreyi (Genbank accession: NC_028033) (Qi et al. 2016 ). We assembled these reads which could map to the reference genome by SPAdes3 (V3.1.0) (Bankevich et al.…”

“…The C. obliquidens sample (Sample ID: SAMEA2661259) was collected from a trawler catch in the Southeast Arm of Lake Malawi and sequenced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (SC) in their Cichlid diversity sequencing WTMGM student project. By using SOAPaligner/soap2 (V2.21) (Li et al 2009), we mapped all the raw reads to the reference genome, complete mitochondrial genome of Alticorpus geoffreyi (Genbank accession: NC_028033) (Qi et al 2016). We assembled these reads which could map to the reference genome by SPAdes3 (V3.1.0) (Bankevich et al 2012), and got the complete circular mitochondrial genome of C. obliquidens.…”

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Chilotilapia rhoadesii

“… 2009 ) to map all the raw reads to the reference mitochondrial genome, Alticorpus geoffreyi (Genbank accession: NC_028033) (Qi et al. 2016 ). To get the complete mitochondrial genome of C. rhoadesii , we assembled these reads which could map to the reference genome by SPAdes3 (V3.1.0) (Bankevich et al.…”

“…The sample was collected in the Southeast Arm of Lake Malawi and sequenced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (SC) in their Cichlid diversity sequencing WTMGM student project. We used SOAPaligner/soap2 (V2.21) (Li et al 2009) to map all the raw reads to the reference mitochondrial genome, Alticorpus geoffreyi (Genbank accession: NC_028033) (Qi et al 2016). To get the complete mitochondrial genome of C. rhoadesii, we assembled these reads which could map to the reference genome by SPAdes3 (V3.1.0) (Bankevich et al 2012).…”