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The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Takydromus Amurensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B: RESOURCES, 2016 VOL. 1, NO. 1, 214–215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2016.1155091 MITOGENOME ANNOUNCEMENT The complete mitochondrial genome of Takydromus amurensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) Wei-Wei Ma, Huan Liu, Wen-Ge Zhao and Peng Liu College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, P.R. China ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The complete mitogenome sequence of Takydromus amurensis (Squamata: Lacertidae) is determined Received 3 February 2016 using long PCR for the first time in this study. It is a circular molecule of 17 333 bp in length (GenBank Accepted 13 February 2016 accession number: KU641018). Similar to the most other lizards, the complete mtDNA sequence of T. amurensis contained two rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding KEYWORDS Lacertidae; mitogenome; genes (PCGs) and a control region (D-loop). The nucleotide composition was 31.23% A, 26.06% C, phylogenetic tree; 13.91% G and 28.8% T. Mitochondrial genomes analyses based on NJ method yield phylogenetic trees, Takydromus amurensis including 14 reported lizards belonging to three families (Lacertidae, Gekkonidae and Agamidae). These molecular data presented here provide a useful tool for systematic analyses of genus Takydromus. The interrelationships and phylogeny evolution of East Asian arous insectivorous lizard is mainly found in Northeast China, grass lizards of the genus Takydromus (Lacertidae) have been Russia and Korean Peninsula (Zhao et al. 1999). The specimen reported with morphological characters and DNA sequences was collected from Changbai Mountain in Jilin Province of (Arnold 1997; Lin et al. 2002; Ota et al. 2002; Lin et al. 2006). China (4236018.500, 12750044.800E) and was stored in In recent years, with the development of mitochondrial DNA Zoological and Botanical Specimen Museum of Harbin Normal (mtDNA) molecular marker technology, the complete mito- University (its accession number is HRB1506080). chondrial genome of T. wolteri and T. sexlineatus is sequenced The obtained complete sequence of T. amurensis is (Yu & Ji 2013; Qin et al. 2015). In order to perform a system- 17 333 bp long and contains two rRNA genes (12S rRNA and atic analysis with these molecular data, the complete mito- 16S rRNA), 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) chondrial genome of the Heilongjiang grass lizard and a control region (CR; D-loop). This structural arrangement T. amurensis is determined for the first time with a muscle corresponds to that of the typical lizard mitogenome (Boore sample using a primer walking strategy and the long and 1999;Bohme€ et al. 2007). The nucleotide composition is accurate PCR in this paper. This small multiple-clutched ovip- 31.23% A, 26.06% C, 13.91% G and 28.8% T. The accurate 0.0796 0.0052 Eremias argus 0.0808 0.0276 Eremias brenchleyi 0.0433 Eremias multiocellata 0.0337 0.0442 0.0323 Eremias przewalskii 0.0988 Eremias vermiculata 0.0886 0.1071 Lacertidae 0.0083 Lacerta agilis 0.1099 Lacerta vivipara 0.1185 0.0544 0.0154 Takydromus sexlineatus 0.0862 0.0269 Takydromus amurensis 0.0890 0.0202 Takydromus wolteri 0.1783 Gekko gecko 0.1587 Ge kkonida e 0.0815 Gekko swinhonis 0.0921 Acanthosaura armata 0.0964 Agamidae 0.2178 Acanthosaura lepidogaster Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree generated using the neighbour-joining method based on complete mitochondrial genomes of some species of Lacertilia. Eremias argus (NC_016755), Eremias brenchleyi (NC_011764), Eremias multiocellata (NC_025304), Eremias przewalskii (NC_0259294), Eremias vermiculata (NC_025320), Lacerta agilis (KC990830), Lacerta vivipara (NC_026867), Takydromus sexlineatus (NC_022703), Takydromus amurensis (KU641018), Takydromus wolteri (NC_018777), Gekko gecko (NC_007627), Gekko swinhonis (NC_018050), Acanthosaura armata (NC_014175) and Acanthosaura lepidogaster (KR092427). CONTACT Peng Liu [email protected] College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, Heilongjiang, China ß 2016 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B: RESOURCES 215 annotated mitochondrial genome sequence was submitted to Funding information GenBank with accession number KU641018. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China Within the mitochondrial genome of T. amurensis, there are (#31172079). 11 reading frame overlaps (share 1–10 nucleotides) and nine intergenic spacers (range from 1 to 3 bp). Nine genes (ND6 and eight tRNA genes) are encoded on the light strand (L-strand) References and the remainders are on the heavy strand (H-strand). All the 13 PCGs begin with ATG as start codon. ND1 , ATP8 , ATP6 , ND3 , Arnold E. 1997. Interrelationships and evolution of the east Asian grass ND4L, ND5 and CYTB genes are terminated with TAA as stop lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zool J Linn Soc. codon; COII, COIII and ND4 end with a single stop nucleotide T, 119:267–296. Bohme€ MU, Fritzsch G, Tippmann A, Schlegel M, Berendonk TU. 2007. The ND2 ends with TAG, COI ends with AGG, and ND6 ends with complete mitochondrial genome of the green lizard Lacerta viridis viri- AGA. The 22 tRNA genes with the size ranging from 64 to dis (Reptilia: Lacertidae) and its phylogenetic position within squamate 73 bp are interspersed along the whole genome. The sequence reptiles. Gene. 394:69–77. length of the 12S and 16S rRNA is 950 and 1531 bp, respect- Boore JL. 1999. Animal mitochondrial genomes. Nucleic Acids Res. ively, D-loop region is 1953 bp. In the WANCY cluster of tRNA 27:1767–1780. Lin SM, Chen CA, Lue KY. 2002. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography genes, a 26 bp sequence is considered as the putative L-strand of the grass lizards genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) of East Asia. replication origin, OL. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 22:276–288. Mitochondrial genomes analyses based on MP, ML and NJ Lin SM, Wang CJ, Hsu YC, Lue KY, Li SH. 2006. Isolation and characteriza- yielded identical phylogenetic trees, including 14 reported liz- tion of 12 tetra-repeated microsatellite loci from the Formosan grass ards belonging to three families (Lacertidae, Gekkonidae lizard (Takydromus formosanus). Mol Ecol Note. 6:57–59. Ota H, Honda M, Chen SL, Hikida T, Panha S, Oh HS, Matsui M. and Agamidae) (Figure 1). It appeared that T. amurensis and 2002. Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy, character evolution T. wolteri formed a monophyletic group as they are similar in and biogeography of the lacertid lizards of the genus the morphology and distribution (Zhao et al. 1999), they Takydromus (Reptilia: Squamata): a molecular perspective. Biol J belong to the same group as T. sexlineatus. This study will Linn Soc. 76:493–509. facilitate the further research on comparing the genetic struc- Qin PS, Zeng DL, Hou LX, Yang XW, Qin XM. 2015. Complete mitochon- drial genome of Takydromus sexlineatus (Squamata:Lacertidae). ture of the related species such as T. sylvaticus (Tang et al. Mitochondr DNA. 26:465–466. 2014) and systematic analyses of the genus Takydromus. Tang XS, Chen JM, Huang S. 2014. Mitochondrial genome of the Chung- an ground lizard Takydromus sylvaticus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Mitochondrial DNA. 25:319–320. Disclosure statement Yu DN, Ji X. 2013. The complete mitochondrial genome of Takydromus wolteri (Squamata: Lacertidae). Mitochondrial DNA. 26:3–5. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are respon- Zhao EM, Zhao KT, Zhou KY. 1999. Fauna Sinica, Series Vertebrata Reptilia, sible for the content and writing of the paper. 2: Squamata, Lacertilia. Beijing: Science Press (in Chinese)..
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