The complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable Australian crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)

Jaco D Zandberg; Wayne G Reeve; Frances Brigg; Serina M McConnell; Peter B S Spencer

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1911703

The complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable Australian crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Apr 22;6(4):1483-1485. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1911703.

Authors

Jaco D Zandberg¹, Wayne G Reeve¹, Frances Brigg², Serina M McConnell³, Peter B S Spencer³

Affiliations

¹ Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
² State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
³ Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.

Abstract

In this announcement, we report the complete mitogenome of the vulnerable Crest-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) (Krefft, 1867). The mitogenome was 17,085 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNAs and a 1583 bp variable control region (D-loop). The features of the D. cristicauda mitogenome are consistent with other vertebrate mitogenomes but, in contrast to other marsupials, appears to contain a functional tRNA-Lysine with a UUU anticodon. Phylogenetic analysis of available entire mitogenomes reveals it forms a cluster with other marsupials in the Dasyuromorphia order within the Australidelphian clade, being most closely related to the Northern Quoll and the Tasmanian Devil.

Keywords: Chordata; D-loop; crest-tailed Mulgara; dasyuridae; marsupialia; mitogenome.

Grants and funding

This sequencing work was supported with funding from Roy Hill and Murdoch University.