Whole mitochondrial genome of a Geoffroy's Rousette, Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Pteropodidae)

Rogel Victor D Mendoza; Ian Kendrich C Fontanilla

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1676671

Whole mitochondrial genome of a Geoffroy's Rousette, Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Pteropodidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Oct 12;4(2):3546-3548. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1676671.

Authors

Rogel Victor D Mendoza¹, Ian Kendrich C Fontanilla^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ DNA Barcoding Laboratory, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines.
² Philippine Genome Center, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines.

Abstract

The whole mitochondrial genome assembly of Rousettus amplexicaudatus belonging to the Pteropodidae found in the Philippines was sequenced and characterised. De novo sequence assembly yielded a 16,509bp sequence with an overall base composition of 32.43% A, 25.39% T, 26.17% C, and 14.02% G. The mitochondrial genome is composed 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and two rRNA genes. Molecular phylogeny of the order Chiroptera based on the maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference trees supports the classification of R. amplexicaudatus to genus Rousettus and family Pteropodidae. Furthermore, both trees support the modern division of order Chiroptera into the Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera clades.

Keywords: Chiroptera; Pteropodidae; Rousettus; whole mitogenome.