| Literature DB >> 33458126 |
Mackenzie R Alexiuk1, Jeffrey M Marcus1, Melanie M L Lalonde1.
Abstract
The European map butterfly Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) is a species showing extreme seasonal polyphenism. The complete 15,207 bp circular A. levana mitogenome consisting of 81.6% AT nucleotides, was assembled by Illumina genome skimming. It includes 22 tRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, and a control region in the typical butterfly gene order. Araschnia levana COX1 features an atypical CGA start codon and ATP6, COX1, COX2, ND1, ND3, and ND4 have incomplete stop codons completed by 3'A residues added to the mRNA. Phylogenetic reconstruction places A. levana as a basal lineage within tribe Nymphalini, consistent with previous phylogenetic hypotheses.Entities:
Keywords: Illumina sequencing; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Nymphalini; mitogenomics
Year: 2020 PMID: 33458126 PMCID: PMC7782646 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1810163
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mitochondrial DNA B Resour ISSN: 2380-2359 Impact factor: 0.658