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The complete mitochondrial genome of the smallest known free-living insect Scydosella musawasensis.

ABSTRACT: The mitochondrial genome of the smallest known free-living insect Scydosella musawasensis (Polilov, 2015) is published in this paper. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is 14 719 base pairs (bp) in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes and 21 tRNA genes. The overall base composition of the genome in descending order was 40.59% - A, 13.85% - C, 36.82% - T and 8.73% - G, with a significant AT bias of 77.41%.

SUBMITTER: Nedoluzhko A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871854 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

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The complete mitochondrial genome of the smallest known free-living insect Scydosella musawasensis.

Nedoluzhko Artem A Sharko Fedor F Boulygina Eugenia E Tsygankova Svetlana S Sokolov Alexey A Mazur Alexander A Polilov Alexey A Prokhortchouk Egor E Skryabin Konstantin K

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 20160328 1

The mitochondrial genome of the smallest known free-living insect Scydosella musawasensis (Polilov, 2015) is published in this paper. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is 14 719 base pairs (bp) in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes and 21 tRNA genes. The overall base composition of the genome in descending order was 40.59% - A, 13.85% - C, 36.82% - T and 8.73% - G, with a significant AT bias of 77.41%. ...[more]

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