The nearly complete mitochondrial genome of Chinese pygmy dormouse Typhlomys cinereus (Rodentia: Platacanthomyidae)

Xinfang Lv; Haiyan Cong; Lingming Kong; Masaharu Motokawa; Masashi Harada; Yi Wu; Yuchun Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1209092

The nearly complete mitochondrial genome of Chinese pygmy dormouse Typhlomys cinereus (Rodentia: Platacanthomyidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Sep 5;1(1):605-606. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1209092.

Authors

Xinfang Lv¹, Haiyan Cong¹, Lingming Kong¹, Masaharu Motokawa², Masashi Harada³, Yi Wu⁴, Yuchun Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, China.
² The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto, Japan.
³ Laboratory Animal Center, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
⁴ College of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

In this study, we report the nearly complete mitochondrial genome of a Chinese pygmy dormouse Typhlomys cinereus (Rodentia: Platacanthomyidae). The 15,011 bp genome is consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 16S rRNA, 21 tRNAs, partial 12S rRNA and control region. A phylogenetic tree was built using 12 protein-coding genes of 19 species from Dipodoidea and Muroidea. Our result shows that T. cinereus represents the earliest split within Muroidea. The genome would contribute to further study of phylogeny in Muroidea and Rodentia.

Keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Platacanthomyidae; Typhlomys cinereus.