Title

Complete mitogenome sequences of smooth hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna zygaena, from the eastern and western Atlantic

Authors

Derek S. Guy, Nova Southeastern University
Cassandra L. Ruck, Nova Southeastern University
Jose V. Lopez, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Mahmood S. Shivji, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-20-2017

Publication Title

Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources

Keywords

eastern Atlantic, mitochondrial genome, Sphyrna zygaena, Vulnerable, western Atlantic

ISSN

2380-2359

Volume

2

Issue/No.

2

First Page

806

Last Page

807

Abstract

We report the first mitogenome sequences of the circumglobally distributed, highly mobile, smooth hammerhead shark, Sphyrna zygaena, from the eastern and western Atlantic. Both genomes were 16,729 bp long with 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNAs, 22 tRNAs and a non-coding control region. The two Atlantic shark sequences differ from each other by 13 SNPs, and by 43 and 44 SNPs from the published mitogenome of an S. zygaena specimen from the eastern Pacific Ocean. The cross-Atlantic mitogenome sequences reported here provide a resource to assist with population genetics studies of this widely exploited species of conservation concern.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

NSUWorks Citation

Guy, Derek S.; Cassandra L. Ruck; Jose V. Lopez; and Mahmood S. Shivji. 2017. "Complete mitogenome sequences of smooth hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna zygaena, from the eastern and western Atlantic." Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 2, (2): 806-807. doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1390421.

ORCID ID

0000-0002-1637-4125

ResearcherID

F-8809-2011; G-4080-2013

DOI

10.1080/23802359.2017.1390421