Intraspecific comparison of complete mitogenome sequences from two Asian raccoon dogs (Canidae: Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Abstract

We determined the complete mitochondrial genome (GenBank accession number: KF709435) of the Korean raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis and compared it with a previously published mitogenome (GenBank accession number: GU256221) of a Chinese raccoon dog. The total length of N. p. koreensis mitogenome is 16,802 bp, with a base composition of 32.1% A, 26.9% T, 26.8% C and 14.2% G. High similarity of 98.7% was found between the complete mitogenome sequences of Korean and Chinese raccoon dogs. Sequence similarity of the two mitogenomes was 99.3% in the other gene regions except for D-loop. The sequence similarity of 99.1% was found in the 13 protein-coding gene regions, whereas 99.6% was identical in mtDNA regions covering all the 22 tRNA genes. There was no variation between 12S rRNAs, whereas 0.5% difference was found between 16S rRNAs.

• Mitogenome
• Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis
• raccoon dog
• sequence similarity

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article. This study was supported by Forest Science & Technology Projects (Project No. S211013L020100) provided by Korea Forest Service.