Table 1.

Characterization of the Laotian Rock Rat’s mitochondrial genome.

		Position			Codon
Gene	Length (bp)	Start	End	Intergenic Nucleotides	Start	Stop	Strand
tRNA-Phe	69	1	69	0			+
rRNA-12S	955	70	1024	0			+
tRNA-Val	74	1025	1098	0			+
rRNA-16S	1584	1099	2682	0			+
tRNA-Leu	75	2683	2757	0			+
CDS-ND1	960	2761	3720	3	ATG	TAA	+
tRNA-Ile	69	3720	3788	−1			+
tRNA-Gln	72	3857	3786	−3			−
tRNA-Met	69	3865	3933	7			+
CDS-ND2	1038	3934	4971	0	ATC	TAG	+
tRNA-Trp	68	4970	5037	−2			+
tRNA-Ala	69	5110	5042	4			−
tRNA-Asn	73	5183	5111	0			−
tRNA-Cys	67	5284	5218	34			−
tRNA-Tyr	66	5349	5284	−1			−
CDS-COI	1545	5351	6895	1	ATG	TAA	+
tRNA-Ser	69	6961	6893	−3			−
tRNA-Asp	68	6965	7032	3			+
CDS-COII	684	7033	7716	0	ATG	TAA	+
tRNA-Lys	66	7719	7784	2			+
CDS-ATP8	192	7786	7977	1	ATG	TAA	+
CDS-ATP6	681	7947	8627	−31	ATG	TAA	+
CDS-COIII	785	8627	9411	−1	ATG	TA—	+
tRNA-Gly	67	9411	9477	−1			+
CDS-ND3	348	9479	9826	1	ATC	TAA	+
tRNA-Arg	70	9828	9897	1			+
CDS-ND4L	297	9900	10,196	2	ATG	TAA	+
CDS-ND4	1375	10,190	11,564	−7	ATG	T——	+
tRNA-His	70	11,565	11,634	0			+
tRNA-Ser	59	11,635	11,693	0			+
tRNA-Leu	70	11,694	11,763	0			+
CDS-ND5	1824	11,755	13,578	−9	ATA	TAA	+
CDS-ND6	528	14,102	13,575	−4	ATA	TAG	−
tRNA-Glu	69	14,174	14,106	3			−
CDS-CytB	1140	14,178	15,317	3	ATG	TAG	+
tRNA-Thr	69	15,318	15,386	0			+
tRNA-Pro	67	15,455	15,389	2			−
Control Region	908	15,456	16,363	0			+

+ and − represent heavy and light strand, respectively.