Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the New Zealand parasitic blowfly Calliphora vicina Insecta Diptera Calliphoridae.pdf (1.08 MB)
Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the New Zealand parasitic blowfly Calliphora vicina (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)
In this study, the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of the New Zealand parasitic blowfly Calliphora vicina (blue bottle blowfly) field strain NZ_CalVic_NP was generated using next-generation sequencing technology and annotated. The 16,518 bp mt genome consists of 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, and a 1689 bp non-coding region, similar to the two other available C. vicina and most metazoan mt genomes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that C. vicina NZ_CalVic_NP forms a monophyletic cluster with the remaining three Calliphorinae species. The complete mt genome sequence of C. vicina NZ_CalVic_NP is a resource to facilitate future species- and strain-level identification research and investigations into the evolutionary provenance within the Calliphoridae.
Palevich, N., Carvalho, L., & Maclean, P. (2021). Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the New Zealand parasitic blowfly Calliphora vicina (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(3), 1270–1272. doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1906775