The complete mitochondrial genome of the small-toothed forest hedgehog Mesechinus miodon (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae). (1st November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kong, Fei; Wu, Jia-Yan; Guo, Jian-Min
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 27:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 4712
• Page End: 4714
• Publication Date: 2016-11-01
• Subjects: Hedgehog -- illumina sequencing -- mitogenome -- next-generation sequencing
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1106514
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

Abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the small-toothed forest hedgehog Mesechinus miodon (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae) has been reconstructed from Illumina sequencing data. The circular genome is 16 842 bp long, comprising 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and one control region. All PCGs are initiated with ATR (ATA/ATG) codons, except for nad4 with GTG as its initiation codon. Two PCGs ( cox3 and nad4 ) harbor an incomplete termination codon T, while the others are terminated with TAA ( atp6, cox1, cox2, nad1, nad2, nad3, nad4l, nad5, and nad6 ), TAG ( atp8 ) or AGA ( cytb ). The base composition is highly biased (34.9% A, 19.7% C, 11.9% G, and 33.5% T for the light strand) with an overall A + T content of 68.4%. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that M. miodon is more closely related to the consubfamilial long-eared hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus than to those within the order Eulipotyphla.