Complete mitochondrial genome of the Korean goral Naemorhaedus caudatus (Ruminantia, Bovidae, Antilopinae) and conserved domains in the control region of Caprini

Abstract

In the present paper, we describe the complete mitochondrial genome of the Korean goral Naemorhaedus caudatus with particular emphasis on the control region (CR). The mitochondrial genome of M. moschiferus was 16,519 bp in size with mostly conserved structures (e.g. 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and 1 CR). Its general characteristics were shown and discussed.

Keywords::

• Korean goral
• complete mitochondrial genome
• control region

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife (http://www.cgrb.org) for providing the tissue sample of N. caudatus. They also thank the anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments on the manuscript.

Declaration of interest: The present work was supported by the grants ‘Origin of Biological Diversity of Korea: Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses of Major Korean Taxa’ and ‘The Genetic Evaluation of Important Biological Resources’ (No. 074-1800-1844-304), funded by the National Institute of Biological Resources of the Korean Government, awarded to UHW.