Uncovering the diversity of endemic Ethiopian fauna: complete mitochondrial genomes of four Lophuromys species (Rodentia, Muridae)

Valeria A Komarova; Nikolai S Mugue; Danila S Kostin; Leonid A Lavrenchenko

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2079435

Uncovering the diversity of endemic Ethiopian fauna: complete mitochondrial genomes of four Lophuromys species (Rodentia, Muridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jun 14;7(6):1001-1004. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2079435. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Valeria A Komarova¹, Nikolai S Mugue², Danila S Kostin¹, Leonid A Lavrenchenko¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Mammalian Microevolution, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Moscow, Russia.
² Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

Complete mitochondrial genomes of four species of Ethiopian speckled brush-furred rats Lophuromys (L. chrysopus, L. menageshae, L. melanonyx, and L. simensis) were assembled for the first time. We provide data concerning the sequencing, assembly, and annotation of the obtained mitogenomes; compare two widely used circular-genome annotation tools (MITOS and MitoZ), and discuss relevant points concerning relationships within both Ethiopian Lophuromys and the Muridae family.

Keywords: Ethiopia; Lophuromys; Muridae phylogeny; mitochondrial DNA.

Grants and funding

This study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), project number 20-34-90032.