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Published on: May 5, 2023
Complete mitochondrial genome of golden conure (Guaruba guarouba)
Adam Dawid Urantówka1, Tomasz Strzała1, Paweł Mackiewicz2
1Department of Genetics, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
Abstract:
Arini tribe with 19 genera is the most diversified tribe of neotropical parrots. Six of them are classified as macaws and nine as conures. The presence of bare facial area distinguishes macaws from conures and other members of this tribe. However, such morphological division seems to be disputable as the smallest macaw (monotypic Diopsittaca genus) turned out to be more closely related to three monotypic conures genera (Guaruba, Leptosittaca, Thectocercus) than to other macaws. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of Guaruba guarouba to enrich the resource of molecular markers for examination of phylogenetic relationships between macaws and conures.
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