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The complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable Australian crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)
Jaco D Zandberg1, Wayne G Reeve1, Frances Brigg2
1Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
Abstract:
In this announcement, we report the complete mitogenome of the vulnerable Crest-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) (Krefft, 1867). The mitogenome was 17,085 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNAs and a 1583 bp variable control region (D-loop). The features of the D. cristicauda mitogenome are consistent with other vertebrate mitogenomes but, in contrast to other marsupials, appears to contain a functional tRNA-Lysine with a UUU anticodon. Phylogenetic analysis of available entire mitogenomes reveals it forms a cluster with other marsupials in the Dasyuromorphia order within the Australidelphian clade, being most closely related to the Northern Quoll and the Tasmanian Devil.
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