The complete mitochondrial genome of the hybrid of Hoplobatrachus chinensis (♀)×H. rugulosus (♂) and its phylogeny

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the hybrid of Hoplobatrachus chinensis (♀) × H. rugulosus (♂) was obtained in this study. The circular mitochondrial genome was 20,282 bp in length (including extra ND5 genes). Compared with the complete mitogenome of the parents, the results indicated that the mitochondria of the hybrid tiger frog was consistent with a maternal inheritance. Phylogenetic analyses using concatenated nucleotide sequences of the 11 protein-coding genes with two different methods (maximum likelihood and MrBayes analysis) both highly supported a close relationship of the hybrid frogs with the Chinese tiger frog (=H. chinensis).

Keywords

• hoplobatrachus chinensis
• h. rugulosus
• hybrid tiger frog
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogeny