Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the common dolphin Delphinus delphis (Cetacea: Delphinidae)

Kyunglee Lee; JunMo Lee; Yuna Cho; Hawsun Sohn; Young-Min Choi; Se Ra Lim; Hye Kwon Kim; Sun-Woo Yoon; Dae Gwin Jeong; Ji Hyung Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1473720

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the common dolphin Delphinus delphis (Cetacea: Delphinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 May 23;3(2):632-633. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1473720.

Authors

Kyunglee Lee¹, JunMo Lee², Yuna Cho¹, Hawsun Sohn¹, Young-Min Choi¹, Se Ra Lim^{3

4}, Hye Kwon Kim³, Sun-Woo Yoon^{3

4}, Dae Gwin Jeong^{3

4}, Ji Hyung Kim³

Affiliations

¹ Cetacean Research Institute (CRI), National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
³ Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Bio-Analytical Science Division, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

We report the complete mitogenome of the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis. Overall structure of the 16,387 bp mitogenome was very similar to those of other delphinid species, including the ancient D. delphis individuals. Multigene phylogeny revealed that D. delphis was most closely related to Stenella coeruleoalba, and clustered well with other species within the subfamily Delphininae.

Keywords: Delphininae; Delphinus delphis; mitogenome; phylogeny.