Fasciola Spp
The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Galba pervia (Gastropoda: Mollusca), an Intermediate Host Snail of Fasciola spp. Guo-Hua Liu1,2., Shu-Yan Wang1,3., Wei-Yi Huang3, Guang-Hui Zhao1,4, Shu-Jun Wei5, Hui-Qun Song1, Min-Jun Xu1, Rui-Qing Lin6, Dong-Hui Zhou1, Xing-Quan Zhu1,2,7* 1 State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, 2 College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China, 3 College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi Univesity, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Nationality Autonomous Region, China, 4 College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China, 5 Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China, 6 Laboratory of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 7 College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China Abstract Complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes and the gene rearrangements are increasingly used as molecular markers for investigating phylogenetic relationships. Contributing to the complete mt genomes of Gastropoda, especially Pulmonata, we determined the mt genome of the freshwater snail Galba pervia, which is an important intermediate host for Fasciola spp. in China. The complete mt genome of G. pervia is 13,768 bp in length. Its genome is circular, and consists of 37 genes, including 13 genes for proteins, 2 genes for rRNA, 22 genes for tRNA. The mt gene order of G. pervia showed novel arrangement (tRNA-His, tRNA-Gly and tRNA-Tyr change positions and directions) when compared with mt genomes of Pulmonata species sequenced to date, indicating divergence among different species within the Pulmonata.
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