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The complete mitochondrial genome of a basal teleost, the Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus, Osteoglossidae)

Gen H Yue1,3, Woei C Liew1 and Laszlo Orban1,2*

Author Affiliations

1 Reproductive Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore

2 Department of Biological Sciences, The National University of Singapore, Singapore

3 Molecular Population Genetics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, NUS, Singapore 117604, Singapore

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BMC Genomics 2006, 7:242 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-242

Published: 21 September 2006

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Additional file 1:

Table of complete mtDNAs used for the phylogenetic comparison. This table provides details of the fish species used in this study for phylogenetic analysis.

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Additional file 2:

Mitogenome of representative fish species. This table compares the genome structure of mtDNA from five representative fish species.

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The inferred organization of the Asian arowana mitochondrial genome. This table provides details on the Asian arowana mitochondrial genes. The information provided are: i) position; ii) size in bp; iii) start and stop codon used; and iv) length of 5' spacer (bp).

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Codon usage of the Asian arowana mtDNA. This table provides data on the frequency of the various codons used in the Asian arowana mitogenome.

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Primers used for PCR amplifications. This table provides nucleotide sequence of the primers used in this study.

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