The first complete mitochondrial DNA of Tenuidactylus dadunensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and its phylogeny

Qian-Ru Liang; Lei Shi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2024.2333566

The first complete mitochondrial DNA of Tenuidactylus dadunensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and its phylogeny

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2024 Apr 2;9(4):442-446. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2333566. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Qian-Ru Liang¹, Lei Shi¹

Affiliation

¹ Xinjiang Key Laboratory for Ecological Adaptation and Evolution of Extreme Environment Biology, College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of Tenuidactylus dadunensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) was described by using next-generation sequencing. The total length of mtDNA was 16,893 bp, which contained 13 PCGs (COX1-3, ND1-6, ND4L, ATP6, ATP8, and CYTB), 22 transfer RNA(tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and a control region (D-loop). The Bayesian inference tree showed that T. dadunensis was included in Gekkonidae and was a sister taxon to Cyrtopodion scabrum. The complete mtDNA of T. dadunensis will be an important genetic resource to the studies of conservation and research of geckonids.

Keywords: Gekkonidae; Tenuidactylus dadunensis; mitogenome; phylogenetics relationship.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program [Grant No.2022xjkk1200] and the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Nos.32260527 and 31260511]. Samples were collected by Weizheng Gao, Tao Wang and Bo Ma.