Complete mitochondrial genome of the gray mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus (Primates, Cheirogaleidae)

Abstract

We report the high-coverage complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the gray mouse lemur Microcebus murinus. The sequencing has been performed on an Illumina Hiseq 2500 platform, with a genome skimming strategy. The total length of this mitogenome is 16 963 bp, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 1 non-coding region (D-loop region). The genome organization, nucleotide composition and codon usage are similar to those reported from other primate’s mitochondrial genomes. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence reported here will be useful for comparative genomics studies in primates.

• Genome skimming
• Illumina Hiseq
• mitogenome
• next-generation sequencing
• primate

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Céline Jeziorski for her involvement in the processing of the samples.

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the grant SEXPRIM (ANR-11-BSV7-01303) managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche, in the laboratory EDB, part of the ‘‘Laboratoires d’Excellence’’ (LABEX) entitled TULIP (ANR-10-LABX-41; ANR-11-IDEX-0002-02) and CEBA (ANR-10-LABX-25-01; ANR-11-IDEX-0002-02). The authors report that they have no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.