The complete mitochondrial genome of the firefly Curtos fulvocapitalis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).

We report the complete mitochondrial genome of the firefly Curtos fulvocapitalis Jeng et Yang 1998. The circular genome is 16,398 bp and has a base composition of A (42.21%), C (11.22%), G (7.73%), and T (38.85%). Our sequence is similar to those of other metazoans, which contain 13 protein-coding genes. All 13 protein-coding genes were initiated by the ATN (ATT, ATA, and ATG) codon. Nine protein-coding genes stopped with TAA or TAG codons, and the other four genes had an incomplete termination codon, a single T. We sequenced the mitochondrial genome of fireflies to analyze phylogenetic relationships and determine the evolution of their flashing signals.

我们报道了萤火虫Curtos fulvocapitalis Jeng et Yang 1998的完整线粒体基因组。该环状基因组长度为16398bp，碱基组成分别为A（42.21%）、C（11.22%）、G（7.73%）和T（38.85%）。我们的序列与其他后生动物的相似，包含13个蛋白质编码基因。所有13个蛋白质编码基因均由ATN（ATT、ATA和ATG）密码子起始。9个蛋白质编码基因以TAA或TAG密码子终止，另外4个基因具有不完全终止密码子，即单个T。我们对萤火虫的线粒体基因组进行测序，以分析系统发育关系并确定其闪光信号的演化。