Biology Faculty Articles

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-31-2022

Publication Title

Mitochondrial DNA Part B

Keywords

Isurus oxyrinchus, Mitogenome, Shortfin mako

ISSN

2380-2359

Volume

7

Issue/No.

4

First Page

652

Last Page

654

Abstract

We present complete mitogenome sequences of three shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) sampled from the western Pacific, and eastern and western Atlantic oceans. Mitogenome sequence lengths ranged between 16,699 bp and 16,702 bp, and all three mitogenomes contained one non-coding control region, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 13 protein-coding genes. Comparative assessment of five mitogenomes from globally distributed shortfin makos (the current three and two previously published mitogenomes) yielded 98.4% identity, with the protein-coding genes ATP8, ATP6, and ND5 as the most variable regions (sequence identities of 96.4%, 96.5%, and 97.6%, respectively). These mitogenome sequences contribute resources for assessing the genetic population dynamics of this endangered oceanic apex predator.

Comments

This work was supported by a Nova Southeastern University President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant [335491], Award [SF21] from the Shark Foundation/Hai Stiftung, and by the Save Our Seas Foundation [Project 157].

Creative Commons License

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

ORCID ID

0000-0001-6684-8723, 0000-0002-1637-4125

ResearcherID

F-8809-2011, G-4080-2013

DOI

10.1080/23802359.2022.2060768

Peer Reviewed

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