The first complete mitochondrial DNA of the Chinese short-limbed skink (Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845) determined by next-generation sequencing

Jun-Jie Zhong; Qian-Qian Wu; Yan-Mei Wang; Kun Guo; Guo-Hua Ding; Si-Te Luo

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1891987

The first complete mitochondrial DNA of the Chinese short-limbed skink (Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845) determined by next-generation sequencing

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 18;6(3):995-996. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1891987.

Authors

Jun-Jie Zhong¹, Qian-Qian Wu¹, Yan-Mei Wang², Kun Guo³, Guo-Hua Ding¹, Si-Te Luo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Amphibian Diversity Investigation, College of Ecology, Lishui University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
² College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
³ College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
⁴ School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) for the Chinese short-limbed skink (Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845) was described by using next-generation sequencing. The total length of mtDNA was 16,840 bp, which contained 13 PCGs (COI-III, ND1-6, ND4L, ATP6, ATP8, and CYTB), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and a control region (D-loop). The Bayesian inference tree showed that A. chinensis was a sister taxon to other scincid lizards in genera of Scincella, Isopachys, Sphenomorphus and Tropidophorus. The complete mtDNA of A. chinensis will be an important genetic resource to the studies of conservation and restoration of A. chinensis.

Keywords: 1845; Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray; Scincidae; mitochondrial DNA; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Public Welfare Technology Application Research Project of Lishui City [2020GYX06], and The Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training of Undergraduates [2020-S45].