Abstract
In the present study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Lepidozona coreanica was sequenced and described. The complete mitogenome sequence of L. coreanica is 16,572 bp long and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. The base composition was AT biased (70.1%). The 13 PCGs of L. coreanica and the other 15 species of Polyplacophora were used for phylogenetic analysis using maximum-likelihood methods. The results showed that L. coreanica, Ischnochiton hakodadensis, and Chaetopleura apiculata are sister groups of the three lineages.
Keywords:
Chiton; Lepidozona coreanica; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.
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Grants and funding
This work was supported by the Key Funded with the MNR Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, China [MEEST-2021-05]; Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization (Dalian Minzu University), Ministry of Education, China [No. KF2022006]; Research and Development Program of Shandong Province, China, (Major Science and Technology Innovation Project) [Grant No. 2021CXGC011306]; Natural Science Foundation Shandong Province [Grant No. ZR2020MD002]; National Key Research and Development Program of China [Grant No. 2021YFC2401005]; The National Natural Science Foundation of China. [Grant No. 31460562]; The Doctoral Science Research Foundation of Yantai University under [Grant Nos. SM15B01, SM19B70, and SM19B28]; Yantai “Double-Hundred Project” [2320004-SM20RC02].