Description of complete mitochondrial genome of the black-veined white, Aporia crataegi (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), and comparison to papilionoid species

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• 作者：Jeong Sun Park ; Youngho Cho ; Min Jee Kim ; Sang-Ho Nam ; Iksoo Kim
• 关键词：Mitochondrial genome ; Lepidoptera ; Papilionoidea ; Pieridae ; Black-veined White ; Aporia crataegi
• 刊名：Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：September, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：15
• 期：3
• 页码：331-341
• 全文大小：1240 K

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The black-veined white, m>Aporia crataegim> (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) is nearly extinct in South Korea, although substantial numbers of dried specimens are available. One of the common practices used to rescue such endangered species is to launch a re-introduction program after a proper amount of genetic information is analyzed from donor and donee populations. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of m>A. crataegim> to accumulate genetic information for subsequent population studies and to further understand the mitogenome evolution in true butterflies, Papilionoidea. The 15,140-bp long m>A. crataegim> mitogenome has typical sets of 37 genes and is the smallest among the true butterfly species, with overall slightly smaller size genes and regions throughout the genome. The A/T content of the genome (81.3 % ) is the highest in Pieridae, where m>A. crataegim> belongs, but lower than that of the lycaenid species (81.7 % -82.7 % ). Unlike the diversified or modified usage of an anticodon for tRNA^Ser(AGN), the species of Pieridae including m>A. crataegim> all contain GCT that has been hypothesized as being ancestral for Lepidoptera. A total of 111 bp of non-coding sequences are interspersed in 13 regions, ranging in size from 1-49 bp. Among these sequences, relatively longer ones (¡Ý 16 bp) all have relatively higher sequence identity to other regions of the genome, suggesting partial duplication of the sequences during m>A. crataegim> evolution.