Complete mitochondrial genome of the white char Salvelinus albus (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced in two individuals of white char Salvelinus albus. The genome sequences are 16 653 bp in size, and the gene arrangement, composition, and size are very similar to the salmonid fish genomes published previously. The low level of sequence divergence dete...

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Main Authors: Balakirev, Evgeniy S, Parensky, Valery A, Kovalev, Mikhail Yu, Ayala, Francisco J
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
Subjects:
DNA
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/03r1z2sw
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Summary:The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced in two individuals of white char Salvelinus albus. The genome sequences are 16 653 bp in size, and the gene arrangement, composition, and size are very similar to the salmonid fish genomes published previously. The low level of sequence divergence detected between the genome of S. albus and the GenBank complete mitochondrial genomes of the Northern Dolly Varden char S. malma (KJ746618) and the Arctic char S. alpinus (AF154851) may likely be due to recent divergence of the species and/or historical hybridization and interspecific replacement of mtDNA.