The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-20-2017
Department
Biological Sciences
Abstract
The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the Striped scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) was assembled from Illumina-based whole genome sequencing. The circular genome is 14,602 bp in length with 13 protein coding genes, 21 tRNA, two rRNAs, a translocation-inversion of tRNALeu compared to the horse shoe crab mitogenome, and the absence of tRNAAsp. The A + T content of the mitogenome is 68.1%. Our Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses placed the C. vittatus mitogenome as a sister group of C. limpidus and nestled within the new world Buthids.
DOI
10.1080/23802359.2017.1407685
First Page
841
Last Page
842
Publication Title
Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources
Recommended Citation
Yamashita, T., Rhoads, D., & Pummill, J. (2017). The complete mitochondrial genome of the scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 2(2): 841-842. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1407685