Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Mar 2021)

First mitochondrial genome of the marbled polecat Vormela peregusna (Carnivora, Mustelidae)

  • 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
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1894997
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 1009 – 1011

Abstract

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The marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna, is one of the least studied species in the Mustelidae family, especially with regard to phylogeography and genetic diversity. In this study, we determined the mitochondrial genome sequence of V. peregusna and investigated its position within the Mustelidae phylogeny. The generated mitogenome is 15,982 bp in length; it consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and a control region.

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