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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.6.803

Sequence Analysis of Mitochondrial Genome of Toxascaris leonina from a South China Tiger

Li, Kangxin (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Yang, Fang (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Abdullahi, A.Y. (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Song, Meiran (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Shi, Xianli (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Wang, Minwei (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Fu, Yeqi (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Pan, Weida (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)
Shan, Fang (Guangzhou Zoo, Guangdong Province)
Chen, Wu (Guangzhou Zoo, Guangdong Province)
Li, Guoqing (College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University)

Publication Information

Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.54, no.6, 2016 , pp. 803-807 More about this Journal

Abstract

Toxascaris leonina is a common parasitic nematode of wild mammals and has significant impacts on the protection of rare wild animals. To analyze population genetic characteristics of T. leonina from South China tiger, its mitochondrial (mt) genome was sequenced. Its complete circular mt genome was 14,277 bp in length, including 12 proteincoding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 2 non-coding regions. The nucleotide composition was biased toward A and T. The most common start codon and stop codon were TTG and TAG, and 4 genes ended with an incomplete stop codon. There were 13 intergenic regions ranging 1 to 10 bp in size. Phylogenetically, T. leonina from a South China tiger was close to canine T. leonina. This study reports for the first time a complete mt genome sequence of T. leonina from the South China tiger, and provides a scientific basis for studying the genetic diversity of nematodes between different hosts.

Keywords

Toxascaris leonina; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny; South China tiger;

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