Table 1.
Features of the African side-necked turtle mitochondrial genome
| Feature | Nucleotide no.
|
Codon
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Size, bp | Start | Stop | |
| tRNAPhe | 1 | 71 | 71 | ||
| 12S rRNA | 72 | 1039 | 968 | ||
| tRNAVal | 1040 | 1104 | 65 | ||
| 16S rRNA | 1105 | 2708 | 1604 | ||
| tRNALeu (UUR) | 2709 | 2784 | 76 | ||
| NADH 1 | 2785 | 3752 | 968 | ATA | TA− |
| tRNAIle | 3753 | 3823 | 71 | ||
| tRNAGln | 3893 | 3824 | 70 (L) | ||
| tRNAMet | 3894 | 3962 | 69 | ||
| NADH 2 | 3963 | 5002 | 1040 | ATC | TA− |
| tRNATrp | 5003 | 5077 | 75 | ||
| tRNAAla | 5147 | 5079 | 69 (L) | ||
| tRNAAsn | 5221 | 5149 | 73 (L) | ||
| tRNACys | 5294 | 5225 | 70 (L) | ||
| tRNATyr | 5366 | 5296 | 71 (L) | ||
| COI | 5368 | 6912 | 1545 | GTG | AGA |
| tRNASer (UCN) | 6978 | 6908 | 71 (L) | ||
| tRNAAsp | 6980 | 7047 | 68 | ||
| COII | 7049 | 7736 | 688 | ATG | T-- |
| tRNALys | 7737 | 7806 | 70 | ||
| ATPase 8 | 7808 | 7975 | 168 | ATA | TAA |
| ATPase 6 | 7966 | 8652 | 687 | ATG | TAA |
| COIII | 8645 | 9428 | 784 | ATA | T-- |
| tRNAGly | 9429 | 9495 | 67 | ||
| NADH 3 | 9575 | 9845 | 271 | ATA* | T-- |
| tRNAArg | 9846 | 9914 | 69 | ||
| NADH 4L | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| NADH 4 | 10209 | 11586 | 1378 | ATG | T-- |
| tRNAHis | 11587 | 11656 | 70 | ||
| tRNASer (AGY) | 11658 | 11714 | 57 | ||
| tRNALeu (CUN) | 11715 | 11786 | 72 | ||
| NADH 5 | 11789 | 13606 | 1818 | ATG | TAA |
| NADH 6 | 14252 | 13731 | 522 (L) | ATA | AGG |
| tRNAGlu | 14323 | 14256 | 68 (L) | ||
| Cyt b | 14316 | 15458 | 1143 | ATA | TAG |
| tRNAThr | 15460 | 15526 | 67 | ||
| tRNAPro | 15593 | 15527 | 67 (L) | ||
| Control region | 15594 | 16787 | 1194 | ||