The complete mitochondrial genome of Sarcophila mongolica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Yaoqing Chen; Xiangyan Zhang; Yihong Qu; Lan He; Lipin Ren; Yadong Guo

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1884015

The complete mitochondrial genome of Sarcophila mongolica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 11;6(3):819-820. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1884015.

Authors

Yaoqing Chen¹, Xiangyan Zhang², Yihong Qu², Lan He³, Lipin Ren², Yadong Guo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Hunan Police Academy, Hunan, Changsha, PR China.
² Department of Forensic Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Hunan, Changsha, PR China.
³ Department of Scientific Research Management Office, Hunan Police Academy, Hunan, Changsha, PR China.

Abstract

Sarcophila mongolica Chao & Zhang, 1988 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) is considered to be of ecological and medical significance. In this study, we report the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of S. mongolica. This mitogenome was composed of 15,936 bp in length (GenBank accession no. MT845211), comprising 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), and a non-coding control region. The arrangement of genes was identical to that of ancestral metazoan. Nucleotide composition revealed a strong A + T bias, accounting for 75.40% (A 38.2%, G 9.7%, C 14.9%, and T 37.2%). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that S. mongolica was obviously separated from the other flesh flies. This mitogenome provides important genetic data for further understanding of the evolutionary relationship within Sarcophagid flies.

Keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Sarcophila mongolica; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 81772026 and 82072114] and the National Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [No. 2020JJ4763].