The complete mitochondrial genome of Asymblepharus himalayanus (Scincidae; Sauria) and its phylogenetic position within Scincidae

Shi-Yang Weng; Song Huang; Le Yang; Li-Fang Peng; Cong Wei; Jian-Chuan Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1979430

The complete mitochondrial genome of Asymblepharus himalayanus (Scincidae; Sauria) and its phylogenetic position within Scincidae

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Sep 22;6(10):3031-3032. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1979430. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Shi-Yang Weng¹, Song Huang², Le Yang¹, Li-Fang Peng², Cong Wei¹, Jian-Chuan Li^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology, Lhasa, China.
² Anhui Normal University, Anhui, China.
³ Tibet Museum of Natural Science, Lhasa, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Asymblepharus himalayanus, has been determined for the first time by sanger sequencing. The overall length of the mitogenome is 17,304 bp and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a putative control region. The total base composition is 31.2% for A, 27.0% for T, 14.4% for G, and 27.4% for C. The phylogenetic tree with the whole mitochondrial genome sequence of A. himalayanus together with 10 other related species belonging to the family Scincidae was reconstructed, in order to prove the validity of the mitogenome of A. himalayanus. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that A. himalayanus was not nested within Scincella, and further corroborated this species does not belong to the genus of Scincella.

Keywords: Asymblepharus himalayanus; Mitogenome; Phylogeny; Scincidae.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the the Natural Science Foundation of Tibet under Grant [XZ2019 ZR G-183]; the Key R & D and Transformation Program of the Tibet Autonomous Region under Grant [XZ201801NB21] and the Tibet Major Science and Technology Project under Grant [XZ201901-GA-06].