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- Title
The complete mitochondrial genomes of nine white-tailed deer subspecies and their genomic differences.
- Authors
AMBRIZ-MORALES, PASCUALA; DE LA ROSA-REYNA, XOCHITL F.; SIFUENTES-RINCON, ANA MARIA; PARRA-BRACAMONTE, G. MANUEL; VILLA-MELCHOR, ABRAHAM; CHASSIN-NORIA, OMAR; ARELLANO-VERA, WILLIAMS
- Abstract
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is an important, sustainable-use species in Mexico; 14 subspecies are widely distributed throughout the Mexican territory. The criteria for classifying subspecies is based on morphological features throughout their geographical range; however, the complete genetic characterization of Mexican subspecies has not been established. The objective of the present work is to report the mitogenomes of 9 of the 14 white-tailed deer subspecies from Mexico and identify their unique variations. Typical vertebrate mitogenomes structures (i.e., 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes) were observed in the studied subspecies. The greatest numbers of polymorphisms were identified in the D-loop, ND4, ND5, CYTB/ COI, ATP6, and COIII genes. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the southern and southeastern subspecies were distinct from the central and northern subspecies; the greatest genetic distances were also observed between these 2 groups. These subspecies-specific variations could be useful for designing a strategy to genetically characterize the studied subspecies.
- Subjects
GENOMES; WHITE-tailed deer; SUBSPECIES; GENETIC polymorphism research; VERTEBRATES
- Publication
Journal of Mammalogy, 2016, Vol 97, Issue 1, p234
- ISSN
0022-2372
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jmammal/gyv172