Abstract

Two mitogenomes of long-tailed giant rat, Leopoldamys sabanus (Thomas, 1887), which belongs to the family Muridae were sequenced and assembled in this study. Both mitogenomes have a length of 15,973 bp and encode 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and one control region. The circular molecule of L. sabanus has a typical vertebrate gene arrangement. Phylogenetic and BLASTn analysis using 10 Leopoldamys species mitogenomes revealed sequence variation occurred within species from different time zones. Along with the taxonomic issues, this suggests a landscape change might influence genetic connectivity.

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Title
Characterization of the mitogenomes of long-tailed giant rat, Leopoldamys sabanus and a comparative analysis with other Leopoldamys species
Author
Puteri Nur Syahzanani Jahari 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Shahfiz Mohd Azman 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Munian, Kaviarasu 2 ; Nor Hazwani Ahmad Ruzman 2 ; Mohd Shahir Shamsir 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Richter, Stine R 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Faezah Mohd Salleh 1 

1  Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Johor Bahru, Malaysia 
2  Forest Biodiversity Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Selangor, Kepong, Malaysia 
3  Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Higher Education Hub, Johor, Muar, Malaysia 
4  Section for Evolutionary Genomics, The GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Pages
502-504
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Feb 2021
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
e-ISSN
23802359
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1872433
ProQuest document ID
2557315633
Copyright
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.