The first mitogenome of Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca blythi Ticehurst & Whistler, 1933 (Passeriformes: Sylviidae) and its phylogenetic implications for the genus Sylvia

Chao Yang; Rong-Jie Yan; Qing-Xiong Wang; Hong Xiao; Xue-Juan Li; Li-Liang Lin; Yan Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1948367

The first mitogenome of Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca blythi Ticehurst & Whistler, 1933 (Passeriformes: Sylviidae) and its phylogenetic implications for the genus Sylvia

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jul 15;6(8):2335-2336. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1948367. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Chao Yang^{1

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3}, Rong-Jie Yan², Qing-Xiong Wang¹, Hong Xiao¹, Xue-Juan Li³, Li-Liang Lin³, Yan Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi'an, PR China.
² Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and Management Station of Feng County, Baoji, PR China.
³ School of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, PR China.

Abstract

The complete mitogenome of the Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca blythi Ticehurst & Whistler, 1933 was determined, which belongs to Sylviidae, Passeriformes. The mitogenome had a length of 17,959 bp and consisted of 37 genes including 13 PCGs, 2 ribosomal RNAs (rRNA) genes, and 22 transfer RNAs (tRNA) genes. In addition, two control regions (CRs) were also existed in the mitogenome, with Sylvioidea typcial gene arrangement of cytb-trnT-CR1-trnP-nad6-trnE-CR2-trnF-rrnS. Phylogenetic analysis using 37 mitochondrial genes of 17 related species revealed that S. c. blythi had a closer relationship with S. crassirostris, and the monophyly of Sylvia was also recovered. The mitogenome data of S. c. blythi would provide useful resources for further studying the evolution of Sylvia and the subspecies taxonomic revision of S. curruca intraspecific.

Keywords: Mitogenome; Sylvia; Sylvia curruca blythi; gene arrangement; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant No. 31601846], Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province, China [Grant No. 2017JQ3014 and 2020JM-270], Projects for Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, China [Grant No. 2018ZDXM-NY-071, 2018SF-356 and 2019NY-089], and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China [Grant No. GK202103068].