The complete mitochondrial genome of the Indian honey bee, Apis cerena cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae)

• Published in: Mitochondrial DNA. Part A. DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis Vol. 27; no. 6; p. 4663
• Main Authors: Chhakchhuak, Liansangmawii, De Mandal, Surajit, Sanga, Zothan, Lalnunmawii, Esther, Lalhruaitluanga, H, Guruswami, Gurusubramanian, Sudalaimuthu, Naganeeswaran, Gopalakrishnan, Chellappa, Mugasimangalam, Raja C, Nachimuthu, Senthil Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01-11-2016
• Subjects: Animals; Base Composition; Bees - classification; Bees - genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Genes, Insect; Genes, Mitochondrial; Genome, Mitochondrial; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Apis cerana cerana; mitogenome; Apinae; Illumina sequencing
• ISSN: 2470-1408
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1106492

The complete mitogenome of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae) was sequenced using Illumina NextSeq500 platform and found to be 15 831 bp long. The mitogenome contains 37 genes (13 PCGs, 22 tRNAs, and 2 rRNAs) and a control region. The base composition is biased towards A-T (83.9%). The control region is 498 bp long with polyT stretch and poly [TA (A)]
-like stretch. The phylogenetic tree constructed using concatenated PCGs showed that A. cerana cerana clustered with other cavity nesting Apis species.