==== Front Mitochondrial DNA B Resour Mitochondrial DNA B Resour Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 2380-2359 Taylor & Francis 10.1080/23802359.2019.1687022 1687022 Version of RecordResearch Article Mitogenome Announcement The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Yimeng wool rabbit C.-Y. Yao et al.Yao Chang-Yu ab* Li Yao-Yao bc* Liu Ling-Xiao bd Ma Chao b Liu Yun-Guo b Liu Ye-Hai a a Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; b College of Life Sciences, Linyi University, Linyi, China; c Marine College, Shandong University (Weihai), Weihai, China; d Linyi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Linyi, China * These authors contributed equally to this work. CONTACT Yun-Guo Liu yguoliu@163.comCollege of Life Sciences, Linyi University, Middle Section of Shuangling Road, Linyi276005, Shandong, China; Ye-Hai Liu liuyehai616@qq.comDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei230022, China 11 11 2019 2019 4 2 3858 3859 © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.2019The Author(s)This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Abstract Yimeng wool rabbit is a national breed of geographical indication in China. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Yimeng wool rabbit was first determined in this study (Accession number MN296708). The mitogenome (16,740 bp) consists of 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and 1 control region (D-loop region). The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Yimeng wool rabbit enriches data resource for further study in genetic mechanism and classification. Keywords Yimeng wool rabbitOryctolagus cuniculusmitochondrial genome ==== Body Wool rabbit, also known as Angora rabbit, originated in Asia minor area (Liang 1985). Four main breeds of Angora rabbit exist: English Angora, French Angora, German Angora, and Chinese Angora (Zou 2012). Yimeng wool rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a kind of special economic animal with broad market prospect, its wool has high economic value. China has many excellent native breeds of rabbit, including Yimeng wool rabbit in Shandong Province, which has unique characteristics of higher wool production and better wool quality (Zhang 2018). In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Yimeng wool rabbit was sequenced and characterized in detail. Sample was collected from Mengyin City (35°43′N, 117°57′E), Shandong Province, China, in July 2019. The specimen of Yimeng wool rabbit, named as YimengWR-01, was stored in College of Life Sciences, Linyi University, Linyi, China. The total genomic DNA was extracted from Yimeng wool rabbit muscle according to Liu et al. (2012, 2014). The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced using a shotgun approach and assembly. DNA sequence was analyzed using MEGA 7 (Kumar et al. 2016). Protein-coding genes were analyzed by ORF Finder (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gorf/gorf.html) using the invertebrate mitochondrial code. The tRNA genes were identified by ARWEN (Laslett and Canback 2008) and tRNA-scan SE (Lowe and Eddy 1997). The complete mitochondrial genome of Yimeng wool rabbit (Accession number MN296708) was 16,740 nucleotides long, of which 15,383 nucleotides are coding DNA and 1357 nucleotides are non-coding DNA. It consists of 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and 1 control region (D-loop region). The structure and composition of the mitochondrial genome is also comparable to the case of other vertebrates (Gissi et al. 1998; Xu et al. 2015; Liu et al. 2016; Shan and Liu 2016; Li, Liu, Sui et al. 2019; Li, Liu, Zhang et al. 2019). A phylogenetic tree was constructed based on the comparison of the complete mitochondrial genome sequences with other Leporidae species using the neighbor-joining method (Figure 1). There are 21 overlapping regions (total 111 bp) and 11 intergenic spacers (total 63 bp) among the genes. The total base composition of the mitochondrial genome is 31.47% A, 28.25% T, 26.61% C and 13.67% G, and an A + T (59.72%)-rich feature occurs in the Yimeng wool rabbit. To investigate the nucleotide bias, skew for a given strand was calculated as (A - T)/(A + T) or (G - C)/(G + C) (Perna and Kocher 1995). The AT and GC skews for the Yimeng wool rabbit mitochondrial genome were 0.054 and −0.321, respectively; this finding indicated that the strand that encoded genes contained more A and C than T and G, and this skew was evidence of codon usage bias. The total length of 13 protein-coding genes is 11,427 bp. Except ND2 and ND5 protein-coding genes using the start codon ATT, ND3 using the start codon ATA, other ten protein-coding genes use the start codon ATG. When it comes to stop codons, ND2 and ND4L terminate with TAA, whereas COX2 and ND5 terminate with TAG, ND6 terminate with AGG, respectively. In addition, eight genes terminate with incomplete stop codon T–– that is the 5′ terminal of the adjacent gene, which presumptively formed a complete stop codon by post-transcriptional polyadenylation (Anderson et al. 1981). All the mitogenome genes were encoded on the H strand except for ND6 and eight tRNA genes (tRNA-Gln, Ala, Asn, Cys, Tyr, Ser, Glu, Pro). The 12S rRNA (958 bp) gene and 16S rRNA (1582 bp) gene were located between the tRNA-Phe and tRNA-Leu genes and separated by the tRNA-Val gene, and the result was the same as the other mammals. The lengths of 22 tRNA genes range from 60 to 74 bp. The D-loop region locates between tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe with a length of 1294 bp. The small non-coding region, a putative origin of the light-strand replication, was located between tRNA-Asn and tRNA-Cys genes in the length of 31 bp. The data would facilitate further investigations of phylogenetic relationships within Leporidae. Figure 1. A phylogenetic tree constructed based on the comparison of complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the Yimeng wool rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and other five species of Leporidae family. They are Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit), Lepus capensis (cape hare), L. sinensis (Chinese hare), L. timidus (moutain hare), L. arcticus (arctic hare). Ochotona princeps and Ochotona curzoniae are using as an outgroup. Genbank accession numbers for all sequences are listed in the figure. The numbers at the nodes are bootstrap percent probability values based on 1000 replications. Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. ==== Refs References Anderson S , Bankier AT , Barrell BG , de Bruijn MHL , Coulson AR , Drouin J , Eperon IC , Nierlich DP , Roe BA , Sanger F , et al. 1981 Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome . 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