The complete mitochondrial DNA of the Cuban gar ( Atractosteus tristoechus )
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| Date | 2017 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Ulmo-Diaz Gabriela1, Hurtado Andres2, Le Luyer Jeremy 3, Garcia-Machado Erik1, Bernatchez Louis3 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ La Habana, Ctr Invest Marinas, Calle 16,114,Entre 1ra & 3ra, Havana 11300, Cuba. 2 : Ctr Reprod Ictiofauna Indigena, Matanzas, Cuba. 3 : Univ Laval, IBIS, Quebec City, PQ, Canada. |
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| Source | Mitochondrial Dna Part B-resources (2380-2359) (Taylor & Francis Ltd), 2017 , Vol. 2 , N. 1 , P. 359-360 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1080/23802359.2017.1339214 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 1 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Endemic species, freshwater fish, Lepisosteidae, mitogenome, phylogeny | ||||||||
| Abstract | The Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus) is an endemic lepisosteid living in Cuba. Among gars, this species is one of the most threatened and has the smallest natural distribution range. Lepisosteids are air-breathing fishes belonging to the Holostean, a basal non-teleost clade of actinopterygians. Recent studies have indicated that these fishes could be a ‘bridge between tetrapods and teleost biomedical models’. Herein, we sequenced and assembled the first complete mitochondrial genome of A. tristoechus. The total length of the mt genome is 16,290 bp, containing the typical 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and a 537 bp length control region. |
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