Abstract
The complete mitochondrial genome of a lower termite, Reticulitermes leptomandibularis is a typical circular DNA molecule of 15,920 bp in length. The genome contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and a non-coding region (D-loop).The overall sequence of R. leptomandibularis is A/T biased with a percentage of 65.36%. The phylogenetic tree constructed using complete mitochondrial genomes of Reticulitermes genus revealed that R. leptomandibularis was closest to Reticulitermes aculabialis and formed a sister group to Reticulitermes speratus. This whole mt genome provides molecular resource for evolution analysis within termites especially the genus Reticulitermes.
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