The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Platysternon megacephalum peguense and Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Platysternon megacephalum is the only living representative species of Platysternidae and only three subspecies remain: P. m. megalorcephalum, P. m. shiui, and P. m. peguense. However, previous reports implied that P. m. peguense has distinct morphological and molecular features. The characterization of the mitogenome has been accepted as an efficient means of phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis. Hence, this study first determined the complete mitogenome of P. m. peguense with the aim to identify the structure and variability of the P. m. peguense mitogenome through comparative analysis. Furthermore, the phylogenetic relationship of the three subspecies was tested. Based on different tRNA gene loss and degeneration of these

SUBMITTER: Luo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6678547 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature