TY - JOUR
T1 - Complete mitochondrial genome of a forensically important muscid, Hydrotaea chalcogaster (Diptera
T2 - Muscidae), with notes on its phylogenetic position
AU - Karagozlu, Mustafa Zafer
AU - Choi, Tae June
AU - Park, Seong Hwan
AU - Shin, Sang Eon
AU - Kim, Chang Bae
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea , South Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. NRF-2016M3A9E1915578 ) and Projects for Research and Development of Police Science and Technology under Center for Research and Development of Police Science and Technology and Korean National Police Agency , South Korea (No. PA-G000001 ).
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea, South Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. NRF-2016M3A9E1915578) and Projects for Research and Development of Police Science and Technology under Center for Research and Development of Police Science and Technology and Korean National Police Agency, South Korea (No. PA-G000001).
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Muscidae are a dipteran family which is important for forensic investigations. However, it has received limited attention in forensic entomological experiments as a reason of identification issues. It is hard to identify specimens by morphological methods, especially in developmental stages. Therefore, complete mitochondrial genome sequences can be important tool in forensic entomology for identifying species. In this study we sequenced and analyzed the first complete mitochondrial genome from a forensically important Muscidae species Hydrotaea (=Ophyra) chalcogaster by next-generation sequencing. The mitochondrial genome of the sequenced species is circular molecules of 17,076 bp which have the typical mitochondrial genome complement of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two ribosomal RNA genes and a control region. Rearrangements of gene positions are identical with the ancestral insect genome. Furthermore, phylogenetic relationships of the family Muscidae were evaluated in regard to mitochondrial protein coding genes. The inferred trees indicate that the Muscidae is a paraphyletic family. These data provide additional information for molecular identification of muscid species.
AB - Muscidae are a dipteran family which is important for forensic investigations. However, it has received limited attention in forensic entomological experiments as a reason of identification issues. It is hard to identify specimens by morphological methods, especially in developmental stages. Therefore, complete mitochondrial genome sequences can be important tool in forensic entomology for identifying species. In this study we sequenced and analyzed the first complete mitochondrial genome from a forensically important Muscidae species Hydrotaea (=Ophyra) chalcogaster by next-generation sequencing. The mitochondrial genome of the sequenced species is circular molecules of 17,076 bp which have the typical mitochondrial genome complement of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two ribosomal RNA genes and a control region. Rearrangements of gene positions are identical with the ancestral insect genome. Furthermore, phylogenetic relationships of the family Muscidae were evaluated in regard to mitochondrial protein coding genes. The inferred trees indicate that the Muscidae is a paraphyletic family. These data provide additional information for molecular identification of muscid species.
KW - Complete mitochondrial genome
KW - Diptera
KW - Forensic importance
KW - Hydrotaea (=Ophyra) chalcogaster
KW - Muscidae
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.08.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052516227
VL - 21
SP - 1129
EP - 1136
JO - Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
JF - Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
SN - 1226-8615
IS - 4
ER -