The first complete mitogenome of Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)

Das, S; Rakib, TM; Islam, MS; Rahaman, MM; Das, T; Hossain, MA; Sarker, Subir; Raidal, SR

doi:10.26181/22778348.v1

The first complete mitogenome of Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)

journal contribution

posted on 2023-05-08, 06:01 authored by S Das, TM Rakib, MS Islam, MM Rahaman, T Das, MA Hossain, Subir SarkerSubir Sarker, SR Raidal

The complete mitochondrial genome of Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) was characterized having 16,446 bp nucleotides encoding 37 genes in circular orientation comprising 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes. The lengths of 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA were 973 bp and 1600 bp. A non-coding control region (D-Loop) of 966 bp was identified between tRNAPro and tRNAPhe having seven interrupted tandem repeats. A single A + 1 frameshift insertion in the ND3 gene (ND3-174) was also discovered. The complete mitogenome of G. elegans would contribute in deeper understanding of the evolutionary dynamics and conservation effort of vulnerable testudine families.

History

Publication Date

2018-10-14

Journal

Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources

Volume

3

Issue

2

Pagination

2p. (p. 1112-1113)

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2380-2359

Rights Statement

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.