Sequence and analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region in the sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

This study aimed at the sequence and analysis of the mtDNA control region (CR) of the Diatraea saccharalis. The genome PCR amplification was performed using the complementary primers to the flanking regions of Bombyx mori CR mitochondrial segment. The sequencing revealed that the amplified product was 568 bp long, which was smaller than that observed for B. mori (725 bp). Within the amplified segment, a sequence with 338 nucleotides was identified as the control region, which displayed a high AT content (93.5%). The D. saccharalis mtDNA CR multiple sequence alignment analysis showed that this region had high similarity with the Lepidoptera Cydia pomonella.

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Main Authors: Bravo,Juliana Pereira, Felipes,Joice, Zanatta,Daniela Bertolini, Silva,José Luis da Conceição, Fernandez,Maria Aparecida
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar 2008
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000400004
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