The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Deep-Dwelling Goby <i>Suruga fundicola</i> (Teleostei, Gobiidae) Reveals Evidence of Recombination in the Control Region.

ABSTRACT: Suruga fundicola, one of the few known deep-dwelling gobies, is found in Japan, South Korea, and China. Owing to the limited availability of specimens, little is known about its mitogenome characterization, phylogenetic relationship, and adaptive evolution. In this study, we sequenced four complete mitogenomes using the DNBSEQ platform and Sanger sequencing. The mitogenomes in length ranged from 17,138 to 17,352 bp, primarily due to the variation in the number of long tandem repeat (LTR) sequences within variable region 3 (VR3). Although the gene composition and arrangement of the S. fundicola mitogenome are largely consistent with those of other gobies, we identified an expansion of the ND2 gene (78 bp), and an unexpected noncoding region (NC, 35 bp) located between t

SUBMITTER: An C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12428434 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature