Complete mitochondrial genome of the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum.

ABSTRACT: We determined the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. The circular DNA of 16692 bp comprises 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, a non-coding control region and a non-coding origin of light strand replication with typical gene order of vertebrates. The nurse shark formed a well-supported clade that included whale shark Rhincodon typus and zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum within the Orectolobiformes in a phylogenetic tree constructed with other published mitochondrial genomes of sharks.

SUBMITTER: Kashiwagi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7800911 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature