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Complete mitogenome of Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): an endemic silkmoth in Taiwan

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2022
Authors:A. - P. Cheng, Huang, C. - C., Cheng, Y. - T., Tseng, Y. - W., Wang, C. - C., Lai, I. - L., Hung, K. - H.
Journal:Mitochondrial DNA Part B
Volume:7
Issue:3
Start Page:446
Pagination:446-447
Keywords:ANTHERAEA, ANTHERAEOPSIS, DNA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MITOGENOME, PHYLOGENY, SATURNIIDAE, TAIWAN
Abstract:

"The complete mitogenome of an endemic silkmoth in Taiwan, Antheraea formosana, was determined using Illumina next-generation sequencing. The mitogenome is 15,318 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, and one non-coding control region. The overall base composition of the mitogenome showed a high A + T bias, and the A + T content (80.2%) was significantly higher than the G + C content (19.8%). All PCGs use the typical ATN as the initiation codon, with the exception of cox2, which begins with GTG, respectively. The complete mitogenome was used to reconstruct a phylogenetic tree, indicating that A. formosana is more closely related to Antheraea assamensis than other Antheraea species, with 93.19% nucleotide similarity."

DOI:10.1080/23802359.2022.2034543
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