The first complete mitogenome of Cervus canadensis nannodes (Merriam, 1905)

Abstract

Cervus canadensis nannodes (Merriam, 1905) is one of the subspecies of elk distributed only in California, USA. We completed the first mitogenome of C. canadensis nannodes. Its length is 16,428 bp, which is in middle among 24 available Cervus mitogenomes. It contains 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, and 22 tRNAs). Phylogenetic trees show that C. c. nannodes was clustered with some subspecies of C. elaphus. Number of inter-subspecific variations between C. c. nannodes and C. e. alxaicus are relatively small in comparison to intraspecific variations of insect and fish mitogenomes and plant chloroplast genomes.

Keywords:

• Cervus canadensis nannodes
• mitogenome
• Cervidae
• inter-subspecific variations
• phylogenetic position

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

Mitochondrial genome sequence can be accessed via accession number MT430939 in the NCBI GenBank.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Republic of Korea (Project B-1543085-2019-2021-01).