Export data of total mtDNA for order Testudines

Species (N=34) GC (%) AT (%) G (bases) C (bases) A (bases) T (bases) Maximum lifespan (yrs)
Apalone ferox 38.8 61.2 4551 1995 4281 6039 26.2
Apalone spinifera 39.2 60.8 4543 2025 4231 5950 25.2
Caretta caretta 38.5 60.9 4451 1990 4310 5886 37.0
Carettochelys insculpta 39.9 60.1 4625 1928 3911 5975 38.4
Chelodina longicollis 37.8 62.2 4156 2133 4414 5944 37.0
Chelonia mydas 39.4 60.6 4539 1969 4150 5839 75.0
Chelus fimbriata 38.7 61.3 4397 2046 4225 5993 35.8
Chelydra serpentina 37.7 62.3 4174 2097 4634 5726 47.0
Chrysemys picta 38.8 61.2 4376 2165 4515 5810 61.0
Cuora amboinensis 39.4 60.6 4405 2182 4469 5652 38.2
Cuora flavomarginata 38.3 61.7 4268 2141 4627 5685 19.1
Cuora trifasciata 39.3 60.7 4367 2189 4475 5644 31.8
Cyclemys dentata 38.5 61.5 4189 2157 4487 5651 14.7
Indotestudo forstenii 38.4 61.6 4476 2034 4398 6044 32.9
Kinosternon leucostomum 35.8 64.2 3937 1992 4674 5956 19.2
Lissemys punctata 38.6 61.4 4347 2015 4235 5892 17.8
Macrochelys temminckii 37.9 62.1 4183 2098 4541 5747 70.3
Malacochersus tornieri 37.8 62.2 5122 2142 5204 6734 25.9
Manouria emys 40.0 60.0 4418 2169 4256 5612 19.9
Mauremys japonica 39.5 60.5 4358 2140 4350 5595 16.2
Mauremys mutica 39.7 60.3 4401 2189 4402 5617 22.1
Notochelys platynota 37.5 62.5 4289 2079 4773 5840 18.8
Palea steindachneri 38.6 61.4 4542 2119 4572 6010 41.0
Pelomedusa subrufa 38.7 61.3 4466 2031 4597 5693 20.1
Pelusios castaneus 40.4 59.6 4730 2048 4557 5426 41.0
Platemys platycephala 40.1 59.9 4561 2079 4189 5724 20.0
Platysternon megacephalum 38.6 61.4 4884 2467 5218 6474 27.0
Sacalia bealei 39.0 61.0 4287 2164 4449 5661 27.3
Sternotherus carinatus 36.9 63.1 4118 1986 4520 5930 29.3
Testudo graeca 37.3 62.7 4916 2272 5518 6572 127.0
Testudo kleinmanni 38.8 61.2 4647 2217 4778 6028 21.0
Testudo marginata 38.3 61.7 5042 2399 5409 6588 21.2
Trachemys scripta 38.7 61.3 4350 2161 4537 5762 41.3
Trionyx triunguis 41.5 58.5 4864 2024 3840 5862 50.6

Contact: Vadim E. Fraifeld, MD, PhD

Head: Lab for the Biology of Aging, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel

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If you would like to cite this database please use:
Toren D, Barzilay T, Tacutu R, Lehmann G, Muradian KK, Fraifeld VE. MitoAge: a database for comparative analysis of mitochondrial DNA, with a special focus on animal longevity. Nucleic Acids Res. 2016; 44(D1):D1262-5.