Phylogenetic relationship of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) revealed by complete mitochondrial genome

Abstract

The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is an Endangered species in northeast China. We first obtained muscle sample, extracted the sample DNA and sequenced the whole mtDNA genome of lynx from northeast China. We reconstructed the phylogenetic tree of Eurasian lynx and 10 other most closely related Felidae species. This lynx's complete mitogenome is 17 054bp in length, includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and one control region. The phylogenetic tree confirmed previous research results.

• Eurasian lynx
• Lynx lynx
• mitogenome
• phylogenetic relationship

Acknowledgement

We thank Xudong Yang of Hanma National Nature Reserve for providing muscle sample of Eurasian lynx.

Declaration of interest

This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 1272336). The authors report no conflict of interests. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.