The complete mitochondrial genome of the horned lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from California, USA

Laura Ayala; Ga Hun Boo; Sung Min Boo; Brandon Cluff; Gage H Dayton; Leah Edwards; Armando Garcia; Mariana Gomez; Thomas A Jimenez; Jeffery R Hughey; Timothy Huynh; Natalia I Marquez; Ana I Meza; Alexis D Munoz; Cristina Perez; Dominic Pina; Michael Porras; Paola E Razo; Alexis Rosales; Bailee Rusconi; Noel Salvador; Alicia Steinhardt; Ruben Tinajero; Nancy Wheat; Frances L Wong; Ann Wright; Hartnell College Genomics Group

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1407706

The complete mitochondrial genome of the horned lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from California, USA

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Nov 25;2(2):851-852. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1407706.

Authors

Laura Ayala¹, Ga Hun Boo², Sung Min Boo³, Brandon Cluff⁴, Gage H Dayton⁵, Leah Edwards¹, Armando Garcia¹, Mariana Gomez¹, Thomas A Jimenez¹, Jeffery R Hughey¹, Timothy Huynh¹, Natalia I Marquez¹, Ana I Meza¹, Alexis D Munoz⁶, Cristina Perez¹, Dominic Pina¹, Michael Porras¹, Paola E Razo¹, Alexis Rosales¹, Bailee Rusconi¹, Noel Salvador¹, Alicia Steinhardt¹, Ruben Tinajero¹, Nancy Wheat¹, Frances L Wong¹, Ann Wright¹; Hartnell College Genomics Group

Affiliations

¹ Division of Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA.
² University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
⁴ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
⁵ University of California Natural Reserves, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

Abstract

Analysis of Phrynosoma blainvillii Gray from Marina, Monterey County, California, using 150 bp paired-end Illumina sequences (Illumina, San Diego, CA) resulted in the assembly of its complete mitogenome. The mitogenome is 16,946 bp in length and contains a putative origin of light strand replication (OL), control region, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA, and 13 protein-coding genes. Its content and organization are similar to other Squamata. Phylogenetic analysis of P. blainvillii resolves it in a clade with P. sherbrookei Nieto-Montes de Oca, Arenas-Moreno, Beltrán-Sánchez & Leaché, sister in position to Uma notata Baird. Mitochondrial marker analysis of P. blainvillii from Marina shows that it belongs to a coastal Santa Lucia Mountain Range haplogroup that is distinct from other populations of P. blainvillii in California.

Keywords: Horned lizard; Phrynosoma blainvillii; Phrynosomatidae; Squamata; mitogenome; special concern.