Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jan 2019)
The first complete mitochondrial genomes of snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) and thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli) and their phylogenetic implications for the genus Ovis
Abstract
In this study, we present the first complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of the genus Ovis – snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) and thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli). The mitochondrial genomes have a total length of 16,471 and 16,464 bp, respectively, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a non-coding region. Phylogenetic analyses using nucleotide sequences of the 13 PCGs indicated that O. nivicola and O. dalli clustered with another representative of the Pachyceros subgenus – O. canadensis, which was consistent with the previous morphological classification.
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