Caretta caretta mitochondrion, complete genome.
mitochondrion Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Archelosauria; Testudinata; Testudines; Cryptodira; Durocryptodira; Americhelydia; Chelonioidea; Cheloniidae; Caretta.
The complete mitochondrial genome of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Testudines: Cheloniidae): Genome description and phylogenetic considerations
Submitted (22-FEB-2012) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Submitted (29-SEP-2010) Dept. Genetics, Dev. and Molecular Biol., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Biology, University Campus, Thessaloniki GR-54124, Greece
REVIEWED REFSEQ: This record has been curated by NCBI staff. The\nreference sequence is identical to FR694649.\nCOMPLETENESS: full length.
TAA stop codon is completed by the addition of 3' A residues to the mRNA
frameshift mechanism unknown (Mindell et al., 1998, Mol. Biol. Evol., 15:1568-1571); TAA stop codon is completed by the addition of 3' A residues to the mRNA
Number of repeat units varies among individuals