Mitochondrial genome of bamboo rat Rhizomys pruinosus. (October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhao, Fang; Zhang, Tongzuo; Su, Jianping; Nevo, Eviatar; Lin, Gonghua
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 25:Number 5(2014:Oct.)
• Page Start: 381
• Page End: 382
• Publication Date: 2014-10
• Subjects: Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; Mitochondrial DNA -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Nucleotide sequence -- Periodicals; Gene mapping -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.809434
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-1736

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Bamboo rats are a group of subterranean rodents some of which feed on the roots and shoots of bamboo and other plants. In this study, we sequence the mitochondrial genome of a hoary bamboo rat <italic>Rhizomys pruinosus</italic> from the south of China. The genome is 16, 575 bp in length, and had a gene content of 13 protein coding, 22 tRNAs and 2 rRNAs. The overall base composition is 30.94% T, 24.83% C, 32.21% A and 12.02% G, with an A + T bias of 63.15%. The cytochrome genes were the most conservative genes compared with plateau zokor (<italic>Eospalax baileyi</italic>) and blind mole rats (<italic>Spalax carmeli</italic>) in the family Spalacidae. These mitochondrial data are potentially important for the study of molecular evolution, conservation genetics, agricultural technology and epidemiology.</p> </abstract>