Complete mitochondrial genome of Nanorana pleskei (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) and evolutionary characteristics of the amphibian mitochondrial genomes

The complete mitochondrial genome of Nanorana pleskei from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was sequenced. It includes 17,660 base pairs, containing 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNAs and 23 tRNAs. A tandem duplication of tRNAMet gene was found in this mitochondrial genome, and the similarity between the t...

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Main Author: Guiying CHEN, Bin WANG, Jiongyu LIU, Feng XIE, Jianping JIANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011-12-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11958