Phylogenetic relationship of Wolverine Gulo gulo in Mustelidae revealed by complete mitochondrial genome

Shibing Zhu; Yingying Gao; Hui Liu; Shifang Zhang; Xiaojie Bai; Minghai Zhang

doi:10.3109/19401736.2015.1060449

Phylogenetic relationship of Wolverine Gulo gulo in Mustelidae revealed by complete mitochondrial genome

Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Jul;27(4):2937-8. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1060449. Epub 2015 Dec 24.

Authors

Shibing Zhu^{1

2}, Yingying Gao¹, Hui Liu¹, Shifang Zhang², Xiaojie Bai³, Minghai Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ a College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University , Harbin , People's Republic of China .
² b Institute of Natural Resources and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China , and.
³ c Longsha Zoological & Botanical Gardan , Qiqihar , People's Republic of China.

PMID: 26702734
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1060449

Abstract

The Wolverine Gulo gulo is an endangered species in China. We first obtained blood sample, extracted the sample DNA and sequenced the whole mtDNA genome of wolverine in Northeast China. We built the phylogenetic tree of wolverine and 10 other most closely related Mustelidae species. The wolverine's complete mitogenome is 16 575 bp in length, includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and one control region. The phylogenetic tree indicates that Wolverine is mostly close to the genus Martes.

Keywords: Gulo gulo; Mitogenome; phylogenetic relationship; wolverine.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Base Composition
Genes, Mitochondrial
Genome Size
Genome, Mitochondrial*
Mustelidae / classification*
Mustelidae / genetics*
Open Reading Frames
Phylogeny*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Whole Genome Sequencing