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 

 Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Johor Bahru, Malaysia 
 Forest Biodiversity Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Selangor, Kepong, Malaysia 
 Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Higher Education Hub, Johor, Muar, Malaysia 
 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
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.