The first complete mitochondrial genomes of snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) and thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli) and their phylogenetic implications for the genus Ovis

Dotsev, A.; Kunz, E.; Shakhin, A.; Petrov, S. N.; Kostyunina, V; Okhlopkov, I. M.; Deniskova, T. E.; Barbato, M.; Bagirov, V. A.; Medvedev, D. G.; Krebs, S.; Brem, G.; Medugorac, I and Zinovieva, N. A. (2019): The first complete mitochondrial genomes of snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) and thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli) and their phylogenetic implications for the genus Ovis. In: Mitochondrial Dna Part B-Resources, Vol. 4, No. 1: pp. 1332-1333

Abstract

In this study, we present the first complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of the genus Ovis - snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) and thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli). The mitochondrial genomes have a total length of 16,471 and 16,464 bp, respectively, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a non-coding region. Phylogenetic analyses using nucleotide sequences of the 13 PCGs indicated that O. nivicola and O. dalli clustered with another representative of the Pachyceros subgenus - O. canadensis, which was consistent with the previous morphological classification.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Veterinary Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• ISSN: 2380-2359
• Language: English