The complete mitochondrial genome of Indian gaur, Bos gaurus and its phylogenetic implications.

ABSTRACT: The gaur is the largest extant cattle species and distributed across South and Southeast Asia. Around 85% of its current global population resides in India, however there has been a gradual decrease in the gaur population over the last two decades due to various anthropogenic activities. Mitochondrial genome is considered as an important tool for species identification and monitoring the populations of conservation concern and therefore it becomes an obligation to sequence the mitochondrial genome of Indian gaur. We report here for the first time 16,345 bp mitochondrial genome of four Indian gaur sequenced using two different approaches. Mitochondrial genome consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and a control region. Among the 37 genes, 28 were positioned on th

SUBMITTER: Kamalakkannan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7371690 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature