title: Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the fat dormouse, Glis glis: further evidence of rodent paraphyly.
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the fat dormouse, Glis glis, has been sequenced (16,602 bp). A total of 23 complete mitochondrial mammalian genomes have been taken into account for phylogenetic reconstruction. Phylogenetic analyses were performed with parsimony, distance (stationary Markov model), and maximum-likelihood methods. In all cases, data strongly support the paraphyly of rodents, with dormouse and guinea pig in a different clade from rat and mouse, reaching bootstrap values of 95%. Rodent monophyly and the existence of Glires (Rodentia and Lagomorpha) are weakly supported, with maximum bootstrap values of 11% and 8.6%, respectively. This result agrees with the analyses of isochore patterns in the nuclear genome and the B2 and B2-like retroposons, which show a close relationship between dormice and guinea pigs rather than between dormice and rats and mice.
authors.affiliation: Centro di Studio sui Mitochondri e Metabolismo Energetico, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pesole
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saccone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D006364:Hedgehogs; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology; D008390:Markov Chains; D009115:Muridae / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D051381:Rats; D012377:Rodentia / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D011506:Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal