Complete mitochondrial genomes confirm the generic placement of the plateau vole, Neodon fuscus.

ABSTRACT: The plateau vole, Neodon fuscus is endemic to China and is distributed mainly in Qinghai Province. It is of public health interest, as it is, a potential reservoir of Toxoplasma gondii and the intermediate host of Echinococcus multilocularis However, genetic data of this species are lacking, and its name and taxonomy are still a controversy. In the present study, we determined the nucleotide sequence of the entire mitochondrial (mt) genome of N. fuscus and analyzed its evolutionary relationship. The mitogenome was 16328 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 genes for transfer RNAs (tRNA), two ribosomal RNA genes and two major noncoding regions (O_L region and D-loop region). Most genes were located on the heavy strand. All tRNA genes h

SUBMITTER: Li JQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6689105 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature