Complete mitochondrial genome of Stummer’s Racerunner (Eremias stummeri) from Kazakhstan

Abstract

The whole mitochondrial genome was determined from a viviparous racerunner, Eremias stummeri, which was collected from southeast Kazakhstan. The mitogenome sequence was 19 602 bp in size, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and a control region, which is similar to the typical mtDNA of vertebrates. Mitochondrial genomes analyses using maximum parsimony and Bayesian analyses yielded identical phylogenetic trees, indicating a close phylogenetic affinity of the sampled taxa in genus Eremias. Monophyly of both Eremias and its viviparous group is recovered. The complete mitogenome sequence of E. stummeri provides fundamental data for resolving phylogeneitc and genetic problems related to Eremias viviparity.

Keywords:

• Mitogenome
• racerunner lizard
• viviparity

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31272281), and Projects of the Bureau of International Co-operation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Nucleotide sequence accession number

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of E. stummeri has been assigned GenBank accession number KT372881.