Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales
Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon are rarely encountered and information on their basic biology is lacking. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of True’s (Mesoplodon mirus) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens) beaked whales to high depth (>120X). The length of the de novo assembled g...
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| author | Anthony L. Einfeldt Ian G. Paterson Laura J. Feyrer |
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| description | Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon are rarely encountered and information on their basic biology is lacking. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of True’s (Mesoplodon mirus) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens) beaked whales to high depth (>120X). The length of the de novo assembled genomes was 16,342 bp (M. mirus) and 16,347 bp (M. bidens), with GC compositions of 37.7 and 39.2%, respectively. A maximum-likelihood phylogeny supports the hypotheses that M. mirus is most closely related to Mesoplodon europaeus, and that M. bidens is the basal species of the genus. These data provide molecular resources that will aid in further understanding population genetics and evolution in this rare and poorly understood group of cetaceans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3dae3c81dfd74a78bc15a8749b2b137a2023-11-02T16:07:23ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources2380-23592019-01-014127527610.1080/23802359.2018.15417191541719Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whalesAnthony L. Einfeldt0Ian G. Paterson1Laura J. Feyrer2Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityBeaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon are rarely encountered and information on their basic biology is lacking. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of True’s (Mesoplodon mirus) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens) beaked whales to high depth (>120X). The length of the de novo assembled genomes was 16,342 bp (M. mirus) and 16,347 bp (M. bidens), with GC compositions of 37.7 and 39.2%, respectively. A maximum-likelihood phylogeny supports the hypotheses that M. mirus is most closely related to Mesoplodon europaeus, and that M. bidens is the basal species of the genus. These data provide molecular resources that will aid in further understanding population genetics and evolution in this rare and poorly understood group of cetaceans.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1541719true’s beaked whalesowerby’s beaked whalemitogenomeziphiidaenext-generation sequencing |
| spellingShingle | Anthony L. Einfeldt Ian G. Paterson Laura J. Feyrer Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources true’s beaked whale sowerby’s beaked whale mitogenome ziphiidae next-generation sequencing |
| title | Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales |
| title_full | Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales |
| title_fullStr | Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales |
| title_short | Complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species: True’s (Mesoplodon mirus: True 1913) and Sowerby’s (Mesoplodon bidens: Sowerby 1804) beaked whales |
| title_sort | complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of two rare whale species true s mesoplodon mirus true 1913 and sowerby s mesoplodon bidens sowerby 1804 beaked whales |
| topic | true’s beaked whale sowerby’s beaked whale mitogenome ziphiidae next-generation sequencing |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1541719 |
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