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Mitogenome Announcement

Phylogenetic relationship of Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla aurita) revealed by complete mitochondrial genome

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Pages 2523-2524 | Received 12 May 2020, Accepted 16 May 2020, Published online: 22 Jun 2020
 

Abstract

The Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is an extremely endangered species, it has been banned from international trade due to a sharp decline of the population number in China. It is difficult to distinguish among subspecies, thus making it entangled in law enforement. In order to clarify this chaos, we determined and annotated the whole mtDNA genome of the Chinese pangolin. The complete mitogenome is 16 573 bp in length, includeing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and one control region. We built the phylogenetic tree of Chinese pangolinand other 7 most related Manis species.

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Genebank at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, reference number MT 335859.

Additional information

Funding

This study was supported by Development Budget Project of Guangdong Province, 2020.