The complete mitochondrial genome of the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius Spix 1824)

Guangda Yang; Yin Mei; Yingjin Mao; Chunhe Lyu; He Wang; Hongliang Dou; Jun Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2298081

The complete mitochondrial genome of the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius Spix 1824)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2024 Jan 5;9(1):37-40. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2298081. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Guangda Yang¹, Yin Mei¹, Yingjin Mao¹, Chunhe Lyu¹, He Wang¹, Hongliang Dou², Jun Li²

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Wildlife Rescue Monitoring Center, Guangzhou, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius). The compete mitochondrial genome of C. carbonarius is 16,639 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes. The mitogenome was deposited in NCBI GenBank under the accession number OQ789392. Furthermore, we also constructed a phylogenetic tree of Chelonoidis using eight species. These results will aid the conservation of Chelonoidis from the perspective of genetic evolution.

Keywords: Chelonoidis; mtDNA genome; phylogenetic status; red-footed tortoise.

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