The complete mitochondrial genomes of Cynomys leucurus and C. ludovicianus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)

Abstract

The mitochondrial genomes of the white - tailed praire dog Cynomys leucurus and black-tailed prairie dog C. ludovicianus (Rodentia: Sciuridae) are circular molecules of 16,454 bp and 16,466 bp in length, respectively, containing 37 genes as in other Rodentia species. The A + T content of the overall base composition of the H-strand is 63.0% and 62.6% for C. leucurus and C. ludovicianus, respectively. The control region of the C. leucurus and C. ludovicianus mt genome is 1012 bp in length, and the A + T content of this region is 63.5% and 62.0%, respectively. Nucleotide sequence divergence of the mt genome (p distance) between C. leucurus and C. ludovicianus was 4.0%.

• Black-tailed prairie dog
• genome arrangement
• mitogenome
• white-tailed prairie dog

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr. Henry Harlow from University of Wyoming for providing the tissues of C. leucurus and C. ludovicianus.

Declaration of interest

This research was supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (No. 6793). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.