The complete mitochondrial genome of Sorex minutissimus (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Sorex minutissimus was sequenced and deposited to GeneBank for the first time using muscle tissue. This mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 16,700 bp in length and sequence analysis showed it contains 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, rep_origin, and D_loop. Phylogenetic analysis on the basis of 12 protein-coding genes except ND6 of 13 Soricidae species’ mitochondrial genomes using ML and BI demonstrated that S. minutissimus and other Sorex species were clustered into same clade.

Keywords:

• Sorex minutissimus
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic tree

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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Special Fund for Forest Scientific Research in the Public Welfare [201404420] and the National Natural Science Fund of China [31872242, 31672313, 31372220].