Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
  • 2 Centre of Excellence for Omics-Driven Computational Biodiscovery (COMBio), Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
  • 3 Environmental Management and Conservation Research Unit (ENCORE), Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology (FAST), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Higher Education Hub, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
  • 4 Centre of Research for Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources (SUNR), Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology (FAST), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Higher Education Hub, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour, 2023;8(2):292-296.
PMID: 36845007 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2179355

Abstract

In the present study, the nearly complete mitochondrial genome of Euphaea ochracea was described and its phylogenetic position in the family Euphaeidae was analyzed. Here, we recovered 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs and a partial control region, resulting in a mitogenome length of 15,545bp. All protein-coding genes were initiated by the typical ATN codon except nad3 and nad1, which utilizes the TTG codon. Four protein-coding genes (cox1, cox2, cox3 and nad5) are terminated by an incomplete stop codon T, while others end with either a TAA or TAG codon. The intergenic spacer region, S5, is absent in this mitogenome, supporting the lack of this region as a specific character in damselflies. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the newly sequenced E. ochracea is phylogenetically closer to E. ornata with a high support value.

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