Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Nectogale elegans. (August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Ting; Yan, Chaochao; Tan, Zheng; Tu, Feiyun; Yue, Bisong; Zhang, Xiuyue
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 25:Number 4(2014:Aug.)
• Page Start: 253
• Page End: 254
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Subjects: Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; Mitochondrial DNA -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Nucleotide sequence -- Periodicals; Gene mapping -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.800490
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-1736

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The elegant water shrew (<italic>Nectogale elegans</italic>) belongs to the family Soricidae, and distributes in northern South Asia, central and southern China and northern Southeast Asia. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of <italic>N. elegans</italic> was sequenced. It was determined to be 17, 460 bases, and included 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and one non-coding region, which is similar to other mammalian mitochondrial genomes. Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods were used to construct phylogenetic trees based on 12 heavy-strand concatenated PCGs. Phylogenetic analyses further confirmed that Crocidurinae diverged prior to Soricinae, and <italic>Sorex unguiculatus</italic> differentiated earlier than <italic>N. elegans</italic>.</p> </abstract>