Pelusios castaneus
West African mud turtle
GC content
40.44%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,381 bp
D-loop 1,180 bp
Where West African mud turtle sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. West African mud turtle has the 239th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other reptiles
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,761 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.396
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.087
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an animal in the wild
- Data quality
- acceptable, medium sample
- Licence
- Free to use, subject to the Human Ageing Genomic Resources conditions of use
- Status
- Updated in build 2
- In the database since
- build 1 (2015-07-01)
- Last changed
- build 2 (2026-11-13)
Every change against the 2015 build is in the changelog download.
Composition by region
Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeqWhole genome16,761 bp
Protein-coding11,310 bp
12S rRNA971 bp
16S rRNA1,597 bp
All tRNA1,524 bp
D-loop1,180 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 972 bp | 41.05% | −0.429 | −0.040 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,044 bp | 40.13% | −0.532 | +0.136 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,545 bp | 41.75% | −0.324 | −0.013 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 688 bp | 40.55% | −0.448 | +0.134 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 165 bp | 36.36% | −0.800 | +0.181 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 690 bp | 40.58% | −0.607 | +0.078 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 785 bp | 42.29% | −0.404 | +0.024 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 304 bp | 43.42% | −0.530 | +0.070 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 40.74% | −0.405 | 0.000 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,386 bp | 39.61% | −0.508 | +0.070 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,818 bp | 39.71% | −0.479 | +0.088 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 504 bp | 44.64% | −0.591 | +0.462 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,137 bp | 45.47% | −0.505 | +0.019 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 971 bp | 43.46% | −0.137 | +0.231 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,597 bp | 39.26% | −0.148 | +0.210 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 1,180 bp | 33.31% | −0.374 | −0.065 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,777 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F5.7%
UUU81
UUC133
Leu L17.3%
UUA137
UUG23
CUU114
CUC138
CUA231
CUG12
Ile I8.2%
AUU131
AUC178
Met M5.4%
AUA181
AUG23
Val V3.9%
GUU32
GUC34
GUA67
GUG15
Ser S7.1%
UCU43
UCC88
UCA89
UCG4
AGU14
AGC30
Pro P5.5%
CCU48
CCC73
CCA88
CCG0
Thr T10.0%
ACU74
ACC138
ACA159
ACG8
Ala A6.7%
GCU62
GCC102
GCA81
GCG8
Tyr Y3.2%
UAU46
UAC75
His H3.0%
CAU40
CAC72
Gln Q2.5%
CAA92
CAG3
Asn N3.8%
AAU52
AAC93
Lys K2.6%
AAA92
AAG5
Asp D1.7%
GAU20
GAC43
Glu E2.2%
GAA75
GAG8
Cys C0.8%
UGU15
UGC14
Trp W2.8%
UGA93
UGG12
Arg R1.9%
CGU8
CGC14
CGA44
CGG4
Gly G5.5%
GGU44
GGC45
GGA94
GGG25
Stop 0.3%
UAA7
UAG2
AGA1
AGG0
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_026049.1Hover, tap or tab to a feature to see its position, length, strand and GC content. Genes and rRNAs open their own pages.
- Protein-coding13
- rRNA2
- tRNA22
- D-loop1
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (40.4%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 38 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 1 | 70 | 70 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 71 | 1,041 | 971 bp | + | 43.5% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,042 | 1,110 | 69 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,111 | 2,707 | 1,597 bp | + | 39.3% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,708 | 2,782 | 75 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,780 | 3,751 | 972 bp | + | 41.1% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,751 | 3,821 | 71 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,821 | 3,891 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,891 | 3,959 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 3,960 | 5,003 | 1,044 bp | + | 40.1% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 5,004 | 5,076 | 73 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,078 | 5,146 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,148 | 5,220 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,222 | 5,288 | 67 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,290 | 5,360 | 71 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,362 | 6,906 | 1,545 bp | + | 41.8% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 6,902 | 6,972 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 6,975 | 7,042 | 68 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,044 | 7,731 | 688 bp | + | 40.6% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,732 | 7,801 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,803 | 7,967 | 165 bp | + | 36.4% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 7,958 | 8,647 | 690 bp | + | 40.6% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,640 | 9,424 | 785 bp | + | 42.3% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,424 | 9,490 | 67 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,537 | 9,841 | 305 bp | + | 43.4% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,842 | 9,910 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,913 | 10,211 | 299 bp | + | 40.7% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,205 | 11,590 | 1,386 bp | + | 39.6% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,581 | 11,648 | 68 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,651 | 11,708 | 58 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,709 | 11,780 | 72 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,783 | 13,600 | 1,818 bp | + | 39.7% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 13,733 | 14,236 | 504 bp | − | 44.6% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 14,240 | 14,307 | 68 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 14,306 | 15,442 | 1,137 bp | + | 45.5% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 15,445 | 15,513 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,512 | 15,581 | 70 bp | − | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,582 | 16,761 | 1,180 bp | – | 33.3% |