Complete mitogenome sequence of Anopheles coustani from São Tomé island. Issue 3 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campos, Melina; Crepeau, Marc; Lee, Yoosook; Gripkey, Hans; Rompão, Herodes; Cornel, Anthony J.; Pinto, João; Lanzaro, Gregory C.
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 5:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 3376
• Page End: 3378
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Mosquito -- Africa -- malaria vector -- genome -- sequencing; Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1823273
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

Abstract: We report the first complete mitogenome (Mt) sequence of Anopheles coustani, an understudied malaria vector in Africa. The sequence was extracted from one individual mosquito from São Tomé island. The length of the A. coustani Mt genome was 15, 408 bp with 79.3% AT content. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. coustani is most closely related to A. sinensis (93.5% of identity); and 90.1% identical to A. gambiae complex members.