Sequencing and Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Tufted Deer, Elaphodus cephalophus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) and its Phylogenetic Position within the Family Cervidae
Sequencing and Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Tufted Deer, Elaphodus cephalophus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) and its Phylogenetic Position within the Family Cervidae
Lichun Jiang1,2*, Lan Zhu1, Meiqi Li1, Xinyue Bao1, Zhenkun Zhao2, Haifen Qin2 and Wei Chen3*
Circular map of the complete mitochondrial genome of Elaphodus cephalophus. Genes encoded on the H-strand and L-strand are shown outside and inside the circular map of the mitogenome, respectively. 22 tRNA genes are named using single-letter amino acid abbreviations.
Sequences and the conserved elements of the control region of the Elaphodus cephalophus. Primary sequence features (TAS-1, TAS-2, TAS-3, TAS-4, and CSB-B, CSB-C, CSB-D, CSB-E, CSB-F, and Origin of H replication, and CSB-1, CSB-2) has been marked and the numbers marked at both ends represent the position of the feature sequence.
The phylogenetic analyses investigated using Maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inferences (BI) analysis indicated evolutionary relationships among 46 mitochondrial genome sequences based on the tandem nucleotide alignments of 13 protein-coding genes. The tree topologies produced by ML and BI analyses were equivalent. Bayesian posterior probability with 2×108 generations and bootstrap support values for ML analyses with 1000 replicates are shown on the nodes. Giraffa camelopardalis (AP003424), Okapia johnstoni (JN632674) and Antilocapra americana (NC_020679) were selected as an outgroup. Several classification suggestions are shown in blue at the right of the taxa.
