The complete mitochondrial genome of Melon thrips, Thrips palmi (Thripinae): Comparative analysis.

ABSTRACT: The melon thrips, Thrips palmi is a serious pest and vector for plant viruses on a wide range of economically important crops. DNA barcoding evidenced the presence of cryptic diversity in T. palmi and that warrants exhaustive molecular studies. Our present study is on decoding the first complete mitochondrial genome of T. palmi (15,333 bp) through next-generation sequencing (NGS). The T. palmi mt genome contains 37 genes, including 13 Protein coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA (rRNAs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNAs), and two control regions (CRs). The majority strand of T. palmi revealed 78.29% A+T content, and 21.72% G+C content with positive AT skew (0.09) and negative GC skew (-0.06). The ATN initiation codons were observed in 12 PCGs except for cox1 which have unique start codon (TTG). Th

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209132 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature