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Complete female mitochondrial genome of Mytilus chilensis.

ABSTRACT: The controversy surrounding the origin of antitropical distribution of Mytilus mussels and the taxonomic status of southern hemisphere populations remain unsolved, despite the efforts. One of the limiting factors remains the lack of the complete sequences of the representative mitochondrial genomes which would allow their proper comparison with the relatively well-represented northern hemisphere congeneric mussels. To fill this gap we sequenced the representative maternal (F) genome of a native Chilean mussel. The genome is 16,748bp long and structurally identical to the northern hemisphere M. edulis and M. galloprovincialis F genomes. However, the genetic distance from them (?5%) is twice as high as the maximum distance between them (<2.5%). Thus, the notion that the name M. chilensis should be used for native Chilean Mytilus mussels, with the same rank as M. galloprovincialis and M. edulis is supported.

SUBMITTER: Smietanka B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7799939 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Complete female mitochondrial genome of Mytilus chilensis.

Śmietanka Beata B Burzyński Artur A

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 20170216 1

The controversy surrounding the origin of antitropical distribution of Mytilus mussels and the taxonomic status of southern hemisphere populations remain unsolved, despite the efforts. One of the limiting factors remains the lack of the complete sequences of the representative mitochondrial genomes which would allow their proper comparison with the relatively well-represented northern hemisphere congeneric mussels. To fill this gap we sequenced the representative maternal (F) genome of a ...[more]

PMID: 33473730

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