Complete mitochondrial genome of the Père David's Vole, Eothenomys melanogaster (Rodentia: Arvicolinae)

Abstract

The Père David's Vole, Eothenomys melanogaster belongs to subfamily Arvicolinae. It is widespread in south China, and ranges into northern Southeast Asia. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Eothenomys melanogaster was determined. The mitogenome is 16,331 base pairs in length. The nucleotide sequence data of 12 heavy-strand protein-coding genes of E. melanogaster and other 17 rodents were used for phylogenetic analyses. Tree constructed using Bayesian phylogenetic methods demonstrated that E. melanogaster as a sister to E. chinensis, was clustered in subfamily Arvicolinae. The monophyly of the genus Eothenomys was supported as well with Eothenomys sister to the genus Myodes.

• Complete mitochondrial genome
• Eothenomys melanogaster
• phylogeny
• Père David's Vole

Acknowledgements

We thank Rui Liao at Sichuan Academy of Forestry for collecting samples in the field.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This research was funded by the Applied Basic Research Program of Sichuan Science and Technology Department (No. 2013JY0170); the Key Project of Education Department of Sichuan Province (No. 15ZA0027); the 251 Talent Training Project of Sichuan Normal University (No. 037410251).

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