The mitochondrial genome of the critically endangered enigmatic Kazakhstani endemic Selevinia betpakdalaensis (Rodentia: Gliridae) and its phylogenetic relationships with other dormouse species.

ABSTRACT: Dormice (family Gliridae) are an ancient group of rodents. It was fully dominant in the Oligocene and Early Miocene, and its current diversity is represented by a few extant species. A Kazakhstani endemic, the desert dormouse Selevinia betpakdalaensis is one of the most enigmatic dormouse species. Lack of genetic data has not allowed Selevinia to be included in previous molecular phylogenetic analyses. In the current study, we report the first genetic data on S. betpakdalaensis as well as mitochondrial genomes of Myomimus roachi and Glirulus japonicus (retrieved from museum specimens) and a mitogenome of Graphiurus murinus (assembled from SRA data). The assembled mitochondrial genomes were combined with available mitochondrial data from GenBank to reconstruct the mitochondrial phylogeny of

SUBMITTER: Petrova TV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11436627 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature