| the complete mitochondrial genome of the sichuan hot-spring keel-back (thermophis zhaoermii; serpentes: colubridae) and a mitogenomic phylogeny of the snakes. | the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the sichuan hot-spring keel-back (thermophis zhaoermii) was determined in the present study. the genome is 17,322 bp in size, containing 2 ribosomal rna (rrna) genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer rna (trna) genes, and 2 control regions, similar to other alethinophidian snakes. a special 40 bp non-coding region, which was highly homologous to the start of control regions i (cr i) and ii (cr ii), containing a 16 bp c-rich segment, was identifie ... | 2010 | 20085537 |