The complete mitochondrial genome of Goniurosaurus varius (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

Zhengyan Zhou; Lin Ding; Ziyi Liu; Longming Fu; Lanying Xu; Lin Feng; Sufan Yu; Pipeng Li; Yu Zhou

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2278817

The complete mitochondrial genome of Goniurosaurus varius (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Nov 9;8(11):1215-1219. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2278817. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zhengyan Zhou¹, Lin Ding¹, Ziyi Liu¹, Longming Fu¹, Lanying Xu¹, Lin Feng¹, Sufan Yu¹, Pipeng Li², Yu Zhou³

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Science and bioengineering, Shenyang University, Shenyang, China.
² Institute of Herpetology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China.
³ College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Goniurosaurus varius is 17778 bp in length (GenBank accession number OQ992199), containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes. The gene order and orientation are identical to those of other Eublepharidae species in the GenBank database. Seven protein-coding genes (COX2, COX3, ND1, ND2, ND3, ND4 and CYTB) exhibit incomplete stop codon 'T.' Phylogenetic analysis revealed the monophyly of Goniurosaurus and Eublepharidae and suggested that G. varius is closely related to the lineage composed of G. luii and G. liboensis. Distinct from other published Eublepharidae species, G. varius contains an extra non-coding region between tRNA-Thr and tRNA-Pro, which may be formed by gene rearrangements. The complete mitochondrial genome will be helpful for further studies on the population genetics of this species and phylogenetic analyses of Eublepharidae.

Keywords: Goniurosaurus varius; Illumina sequencing; mitogenome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported financially by the Research Fund for the Research and Development Project of Liaoning Forestry and Grassland Bureau [number LLC202319], the Educational Commission of Liaoning Province of China [grant number LQN201904] and the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China [grant number 2020-BS-148].