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- The mitochondrial genome of Junonia coenia was sequenced, revealing it to be 15,222 base pairs long, with 22 tRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, and a D-loop.
- All protein-coding genes begin with ATN codons, but five have incomplete termination signals.
- Phylogenetic analysis indicates that J. coenia is more closely related to similar species than to other distantly related taxa.
Article Abstract
The complete mitochondrial genome of the common buckeye Junonia coenia (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) was reconstructed from whole-genome Illumina sequencing data with an average coverage of 1213×. The circular genome is 15 222 bp in length, and consists of 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and one D-loop region. All PCGs are initiated with ATN codons. Five PCGs (COX1, COX2, CYTB, ND2 & ND4) harbor an incomplete termination codon T--, while all the others are terminated with TAA. The nucleotide composition is highly asymmetric (39.6% A, 11.6% C, 7.7% G & 41.1% T) with an overall GC content of 19.3%. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that J. coenia is phylogenetically closer to its congeners and its consubfamilial counterparts than to the other taxa.
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