Abstract
The golden apple snail, Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810 (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) is one of the most serious invasive alien species from the native range of South America. The mitochondrial genome of P. maculata (15 516 bp) consists of 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, two rRNAs, and 22 tRNAs) and a non-coding region with a 16 bp repeat unit. Most mitochondrial genes of P. maculata are distributed on the H-strand, except eight tRNA genes, which are encoded on the L-strand. A phylogenetic analysis showed that there was a close relationship between P. maculata and another invasive golden apple snail species, Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2895-2896 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Mitochondrial DNA |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Informa UK Ltd.
Keywords
- Golden apple snails
- Mitogenome
- Pomacea maculata
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics