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. 2018 May 21;3(2):601-602.
doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1473728.

Phylogenetic position of the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences

Sang Jin Lim  1 , Ki Yoon Kim  1 , Hye Ri Kim  2 , Hee Mun Chae  1 , Yung Chul Park  1
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Phylogenetic position of the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences

Sang Jin Lim et al. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. .

Abstract

The mitogenome of the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans is a circular molecule of 16,514 bp, consisting of a control region and a conserved set of 37 genes containing 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA). The mitogenome of the Korean P. volans is AT-biased, with a nucleotide composition of 32.2% A, 30.4% T, 12.5% G, and 24.8% C. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that P. volans is well placed within the tribe Pteromyini (Sciuridae: Sciurinae), which forms a sister clade to the flying squirrels of the genus Petaurista.

Keywords: Mitogenome; Pteromys volans; Sciuridae; Siberian flying squirrel.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The phylogenetic relationship of Pteromys volans and its allied species inferred from maximum-likelihood analysis based on complete mitogenome sequences. The ML tree was generated using the GTR + G+I model, and the robustness of the tree was tested with 1000 bootstrap. The numbers on the branches indicate bootstrap values.
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