The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Shrew Gymnure, Neotetracus sinensis

Abstract

The Shrew Gymnure Neotetracus sinensis belongs to family Erinaceidae, and distributes in China, Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. In this study, the whole mitochondrial genome of N. sinensis was first sequenced and characterized. The genome is 16,982 bases in length. Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods were used to construct phylogenetic trees based on 12 concatenated protein-coding genes on the heavy strand. Phylogenetic analyses further confirm the subfamily Galericinae diverged prior to the subfamily Erinaceinae, support the species N. sinensis was in distinct genus Neotetracus rather than Hylomys, and N. sinensis diverged later than Echinosorex gymnura.

Keywords::

• Shrew gymnure
• complete mitochondrial genome
• phylogeny

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr Zhenxin Fan at University of California, Los Angeles, who kindly edited the English.

Declaration of interest: This research was funded by National Science and Technology Support Project of China, 2012BAC01B06. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.