• André Gomes-dos-Santos
  • Elsa Froufe
  • Rafaela Amaro
  • Paz Ondina
  • Sophie Breton
  • Davide Guerra
  • David C. Aldridge
  • Ivan N. Bolotov
  • Ilya V. Vikhrev
  • Han Ming Gan
  • Duarte V. Gonçalves
  • Arthur E. Bogan
  • Ronaldo Sousa
  • Donald Stewart
  • Amílcar Teixeira
  • Simone Varandas
  • David Zanatta
  • Manuel Lopes-Lima

The complete mitogenomes of one (M-)ale (North America), one Hermaphroditic (Europe), and two (F-)emale (North America and Europe) individuals of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera were sequenced. The M-type and F-type (Female and Hermaphroditic) mitogenomes have 17,421 and 16,122 nucleotides, respectively. All with the same content: 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA, two ribosomal RNA genes, and one sex-related ORF. The M-type is highly divergent (37.6% uncorrected p-distance) from the F-type mitogenomes. North American and European F-type mitogenomes exhibit low genetic divergence (68 nt substitutions), and the Female and Hermaphroditic European mitogenomes are almost identical, and matching sex-related ORFs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1417-1420
Number of pages4
JournalMitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Doubly uniparental inheritance, mitogenome, Unionida, L., GENETICS

    Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

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