The male and female complete mitochondrial genomes of the threatened freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae)

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

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Abstract

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 - Jan 2 2019

Keywords

  • Doubly uniparental inheritance
  • Unionida
  • mitogenome

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