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. 2016 Oct 3;1(1):728-729.
doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1233464.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the dusky-footed woodrat(Neotoma fuscipes) (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

Sarah K Brown  1 , Jessica L Blois  1
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the dusky-footed woodrat(Neotoma fuscipes) (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

Sarah K Brown et al. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. .

Abstract

The dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) is an endemic North American rodent belonging to the family Cricetidae. We present here the first complete mitogenome within the Neotoma genus. The mitogenome is 16,199 bp in length, and has a structure and gene organization similar to other rodent species (e.g. Mus musculus, Peromyscus maniculatus and Microtus fortis calamorum). The overall base composition is A (35.2%), C (25.5%), G (12.3%), T (27.0%), with a GC content of 37.8%, similar to other rodents. This mitogenome serves as a foundation for future phylogenetic, phylogeographic and population genetic studies.

Keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Neotoma fuscipes; cricetidae.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence produced in this paper has been deposited in NCBI GenBank under accession number KU745736.

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Figure 1.
Maximum likelihood (ML) tree based on complete mitogenomes from the family Cricetidae, under the model TIM2 + I + G4. Bootstrap support at nodes depicts bootstraps in front of the diagonal (/) and ultra-fast bootstraps, after the diagonal. The number in parentheses following each specimen is the NCBI accession number, except in the case of Peromyscus maniculatus (from Hawkins et al. 2016) and Neotoma fuscipes (this study).
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