TY - JOUR
T1 - The complete mitochondrial genomes of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius and the longnose skate Dipturus oxyrinchus
AU - Schwanck, Tanja Nadine
AU - Delaval, Aurélien
AU - Noble, Leslie Robert
AU - Wright, Peter J.
AU - Donnan, David
AU - Jones, Catherine
N1 - Acknowledgements
We thank Martine Solås and Frank Midtøy at the University of Bergen for providing samples, Michelle Frost for genetic identification of the species, and Ceara Hayton and Tanya Gyuleva for assistance in the lab.
Funding
This work was supported by NatureScot.
PY - 2022/5/26
Y1 - 2022/5/26
N2 - We describe the complete mitochondrial genomes of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius (Parnell 1837) and the longnose skate Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus 1758), which have been obtained by Sanger sequencing. We report the length of the sequences to be 16,906 and 16,911 bp, respectively. The length and structure of gene regions, containing 13 protein-coding regions, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and two non-coding areas, resemble those of related skate species. Despite D. intermedius being considered a cryptic species with D. batis, the full mitogenomes confirm that D. intermedius and D. oxyrinchus are more genetically similar. In comparison to other Dipturus species, D. intermedius is missing a whole codon in its cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 gene. These mitogenomes will be a useful resource furthering investigation of the population genetic differences and evolutionary history of skate species.
AB - We describe the complete mitochondrial genomes of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius (Parnell 1837) and the longnose skate Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus 1758), which have been obtained by Sanger sequencing. We report the length of the sequences to be 16,906 and 16,911 bp, respectively. The length and structure of gene regions, containing 13 protein-coding regions, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and two non-coding areas, resemble those of related skate species. Despite D. intermedius being considered a cryptic species with D. batis, the full mitogenomes confirm that D. intermedius and D. oxyrinchus are more genetically similar. In comparison to other Dipturus species, D. intermedius is missing a whole codon in its cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 gene. These mitogenomes will be a useful resource furthering investigation of the population genetic differences and evolutionary history of skate species.
KW - Dipturus intermedius
KW - Dipturus oxyrinchus
KW - flapper skate
KW - common skate
KW - Dipturus batis
KW - mitogenome
U2 - 10.1080/23802359.2022.2064248
DO - 10.1080/23802359.2022.2064248
M3 - Article
C2 - 35692707
VL - 7
SP - 897
EP - 899
JO - Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources
JF - Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources
SN - 2380-2359
IS - 5
ER -