The mitochondrial genome of the black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus)

Ran Tian; Yuepan Geng; Patrick B Thomas; Penny L Jeffery; Thomas Y Mutton; Lisa K Chopin; Andrew M Baker; Inge Seim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1677526

The mitochondrial genome of the black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Oct 16;4(2):3598-3600. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1677526.

Authors

Ran Tian¹, Yuepan Geng¹, Patrick B Thomas^{2

3

4}, Penny L Jeffery^{2

3}, Thomas Y Mutton⁵, Lisa K Chopin^{2

3}, Andrew M Baker^{5

6}, Inge Seim^{1

2

3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Integrative Biology Laboratory, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
² Ghrelin Research Group, Translational Research Institute-Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
³ Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland, Translational Research Institute - Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative, Translational Research Institute-Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁶ Natural Environments Program, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁷ Comparative and Endocrine Biology Laboratory, Translational Research Institute-Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.

Abstract

In this study, we report the mitochondrial genome of the black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus) of New Guinea. The circular genome is 17,736 bp in length and has an AT content of 60.5%. Its gene content - 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal (rRNA) genes, 21 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, a tRNA pseudogene (tRNA^Lys ), and a non-coding control region (CR) - and gene arrangement are consistent with previous marsupial mitogenome assemblies.

Keywords: Dasyuridae; Mitochondrial genome; Murexia; New Guinea; dasyure; marsupial.