Length and sequence variation in the mitochondrialDNA control region of the Etruscan freshwater goby Padogobius nigricam (Teleostei, Gobiidae)

摘要

The primary structures of the mtDNA control region, the flanking tRNA~(Pro) and tRNA~(Phe) genes and the partial 12S rRNA gene of the freshwater Etruscan goby Padogobius nigricans (Teleostei, Gobiidae) were determined. A tandem array of variable 17-bprepeats, named Rl-7, was found to be responsible for most of the observed length and sequence variation betweenindividuals.