First mitochondrial genome of the Caucasian squirrel Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia, Sciuridae)

Liliane Boukhdoud; Lillian D. Parker; Nancy Rotzel Mcinerney; Carole Saliba; Rhea Kahale; Hugh Cross; Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith; Jesús E. Maldonado; Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1886012

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Mar 2021)

First mitochondrial genome of the Caucasian squirrel Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia, Sciuridae)

Liliane Boukhdoud,
Lillian D. Parker,
Nancy Rotzel Mcinerney,
Carole Saliba,
Rhea Kahale,
Hugh Cross,
Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith,
Jesús E. Maldonado,
Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat

Affiliations

Liliane Boukhdoud: Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph
Lillian D. Parker: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation Genomics, National Zoological Park
Nancy Rotzel Mcinerney: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation Genomics, National Zoological Park
Carole Saliba: Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph
Rhea Kahale: Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph
Hugh Cross: Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago
Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith: Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago
Jesús E. Maldonado: Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph
Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat: Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1886012
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 883 – 885

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The Caucasian Squirrel, Sciurus anomalus, is the only representative of the Sciuridae family in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In this study, the mitochondrial genome of the Sciurus anomalus species was generated, and we investigate its phylogenetic position within the Sciuridae family. The generated mitogenome sequence is 16,234 bp. It is composed of a control region and a conserved set of 37 genes containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and 2 rRNA genes.

Published in Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources

ISSN: 2380-2359 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Genetics
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tmdn20

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