The complete mitochondrial genome of Colobus angolensis palliatus

Abstract

Colobus angolensis palliatus (C.a. palliatus), known as the angolan black-and-white colobus monkey, is an Old World monkey, belonging to the Colobus genus. It is a subspecies of C. angolensis. Here, we describe the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of C.a. palliatus. The genome is 16 850 bp in length, comprising 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and a major non-coding region. Phylogenic tree was constructed based on the complete mitogenome of C.a. palliatus and closely related 13 colobinae species to estimate their phylogenic relationship. We present an important genetic resource for the black-and-white colobus monkeys.

Keywords:

• Colobinae
• Colobus angolensis palliatus
• mitochondrial genome

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank BCM Human Genome Sequencing Center faculty (BCM-HGSC) and the Genome 10K international consortium project for generating the sequencing data of C.a. palliatus used in this work. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for proving valuable comments on the manuscript.

Declaration of interest

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