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Comparative Study
. 2005;1(1):13-8.
doi: 10.7150/ijbs.1.13. Epub 2005 Jan 5.

Partial mitochondrial genome sequences of Ostrinia nubilalis and Ostrinia furnicalis

Brad S Coates  1 , Douglas V Sumerford, Richard L Hellmich, Leslie C Lewis
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Comparative Study

Partial mitochondrial genome sequences of Ostrinia nubilalis and Ostrinia furnicalis

Brad S Coates et al. Int J Biol Sci. 2005.

Abstract

Contiguous 14,535 and 14,536 nt near complete mitochondrial genome sequences respectively were obtained for Ostrinia nubilalis and Ostrinia furnicalis. Mitochondrial gene order was identical to that observed from Bombyx. Sequences comparatively showed 186 substitutions (1.3% sequence divergence), 170 CDS substitutions (131 at 3(rd) codon positions), and an excess of transition mutation likely resulting by purifying selection (d(N)/d(S) = omega congruent with 0.15). Overall substitution rates were significantly higher at 4-fold (5.2%) compared to 2-fold degenerate codons (2.6%). These are the 3(rd) and 4(th) lepidopteran mitochondrial genome reference sequences in GenBank and useful for comparative mitochondrial studies.

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Conflict of interest: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Ostrinia mitochondrial genome map of sequenced regions. Protein coding genes represented by arrows indicating direction with left-facing arrows on major strand. The tRNA genes are labeled by single letter codes and * indicating coding sequence on minor strand. Underscores indicate positions of ten overlapping PCR amplified genome fragments.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Predicted secondary structures for A) O. nubilalis and B) O. furnicalis trnR.
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