Mitochondrial genome of the critically Endangered silver boa (Chilabothrus argentum; Squamata: Boidae)

Alyssa A Vanerelli; Aryeh H Miller; L Caden Comsa; Anthony J Geneva; R Graham Reynolds

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2089067

Mitochondrial genome of the critically Endangered silver boa (Chilabothrus argentum; Squamata: Boidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jun 28;7(6):1180-1182. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2089067. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Alyssa A Vanerelli¹, Aryeh H Miller², L Caden Comsa¹, Anthony J Geneva^{1

3}, R Graham Reynolds⁴

Affiliations

¹ Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, USA.
² Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, USA.
⁴ Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC, USA.

Abstract

We present the complete mitochondrial genome of Chilabothrus argentum, which is 17,345 bp in length, has 22 transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal subunits (rRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes, an origin of the light-strand replication (O_L), and two control regions (CR1, CR2). A maximum likelihood phylogenetic estimate using nine other snake mitochondrial genomes yields agreement with previous investigations into the evolutionary relationships of snakes.

Keywords: Caribbean; Illumina; mitogenome; next-generation sequencing; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the University of North Carolina Asheville, the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, the National Geographic Society, Rutgers University (Core Facility Utilization Grant), the National Science Foundation [DEB #1927194], and the Silver Boa Trust.