The male and female complete mitochondrial genomes of the threatened freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae). Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Froufe, Elsa; Amaro, Rafaela; Ondina, Paz; Breton, Sophie; Guerra, Davide; Aldridge, David C.; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Vikhrev, Ilya V.; Gan, Han Ming; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Bogan, Arthur E.; Sousa, Ronaldo; Stewart, Donald; Teixeira, Amílcar; Varandas, Simone; Zanatta, David; Lopes-Lima, Manuel
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 4:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 1417
• Page End: 1420
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Doubly uniparental inheritance -- mitogenome -- Unionida; Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1598794
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

Abstract: The complete mitogenomes of one (M-)ale (North America), one Hermaphroditic (Europe), and two (F-)emale (North America and Europe) individuals of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera were sequenced. The M-type and F-type (Female and Hermaphroditic) mitogenomes have 17, 421 and 16, 122 nucleotides, respectively. All with the same content: 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA, two ribosomal RNA genes, and one sex-related ORF. The M-type is highly divergent (37.6% uncorrected p-distance) from the F-type mitogenomes. North American and European F-type mitogenomes exhibit low genetic divergence (68 nt substitutions), and the Female and Hermaphroditic European mitogenomes are almost identical, and matching sex-related ORFs.