Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Dec 2017)

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Asian badger Meles leucurus (Mustelidae) from Korea

  • Mi Gyeong Jeon,
  • Hey Ri Kim,
  • Ji Hong Min,
  • Hyun Ju Kim,
  • Yung Chul Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2017.1365648
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 556 – 557

Abstract

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The mitogenome of the Asian badger Meles leucurus from Korea is a circular molecule of 16,529 bp, consisting of a control region and a conserved set of 37 genes containing 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA). The mitogenome of M. leucurus is AT-biased, with a nucleotide composition of 33.1% A, 27.9% T, 25.4% C, and 13.5% G. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the badger M. leucurus from Korea is well grouped with that from China, forming a sister clade to M. meles from Japan.

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