Complete mitochondrial genome of Goniurosaurus zhoui (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae)

Abstract

In this study, using Illumina sequencing data, we assembled the complete mitogenome of Goniurosaurus zhoui, which consists of 16,803 base pairs, comprising 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 21 tRNA genes, and non-coding regions (D-loop), and has an overall A + T content of 60.39%. Using three complete 16S rRNA gene and 13 partial sequence data of the 16S rRNA gene, including that of G. zhoui, we reconstructed the phylogeny of the genus Goniurosaurus. The result of the Bayesian inference tree revealed four major, distinctly separated groups.

Keywords

• goniurosaurus
• mitogenome
• phylogeny