Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Hainan giant flying squirrel Petaurista hainana (Rodentia: Sciuridae)

Lingming Kong; Yanlu Wang; Haiyan Cong; Wenquan Wang; Yuchun Li

doi:10.3109/19401736.2013.861436

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Hainan giant flying squirrel Petaurista hainana (Rodentia: Sciuridae)

Mitochondrial DNA. 2015;26(6):871-2. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2013.861436. Epub 2014 Jan 10.

Authors

Lingming Kong¹, Yanlu Wang¹, Haiyan Cong¹, Wenquan Wang², Yuchun Li¹

Affiliations

¹ a Marine College, Shandong University , Weihai 264209 , China and.
² b Institute of Tropical Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences , Haikou , China.

PMID: 24409919
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.861436

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Petaurista hainana from Hainan Island of China is 16,502 bp in length. Similar to most other mammals, it contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs and 2 non-coding regions. The overall base composition of the H-strand is 31.77% A, 26.31% C, 13.31% G and 28.61% T. The base composition clearly showed the A-T skew. The mitochondrial genome of P. hainana presented in this report will be useful for species designation, conservation and phylogenetic study in Sciuridae.

Keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Hainan giant flying squirrel; Petaurista hainana; Sciuridae.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Base Composition
Conservation of Natural Resources
Genome Size
Genome, Mitochondrial*
Sciuridae / genetics*
Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*