Article
The complete mitochondrial genome of a gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), from the Western Indian Ocean
Mitochondrial DNA Part B
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-7-2020
Keywords
- Gray reef shark,
- mitogenome,
- Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Disciplines
- Biology and
- Life Sciences
Abstract
We present the mitochondrial genome sequence of a gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker 1856), a coral reef associated species. This is the first mitogenome for this species from the western Indian Ocean. The mitogenome is 16,705 bp in length, has 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and a non-coding control region, and demonstrates a gene arrangement congruent with other shark and most vertebrate species. This mitogenome provides a genomic resource for assisting with population, evolutionary and conservation studies for the gray reef shark, which is increasingly under threat from fisheries.
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
ORCID ID
0000-0001-6684-8723
DOI
10.1080/23802359.2020.1827064
Citation Information
Ela Patel, Andrea Bernard, Marissa Mehlrose, Sydney Harned, et al.. "The complete mitochondrial genome of a gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), from the Western Indian Ocean" Mitochondrial DNA Part B Vol. 5 Iss. 3 (2020) p. 3498 - 3499 ISSN: 2380-2359 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrea-bernard/59/
We thank the Save Our Seas Foundation [Grant 157] for support.