title: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Shrew Gymnure, Neotetracus sinensis.
abstract: The Shrew Gymnure Neotetracus sinensis belongs to family Erinaceidae, and distributes in China, Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. In this study, the whole mitochondrial genome of N. sinensis was first sequenced and characterized. The genome is 16,982 bases in length. Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods were used to construct phylogenetic trees based on 12 concatenated protein-coding genes on the heavy strand. Phylogenetic analyses further confirm the subfamily Galericinae diverged prior to the subfamily Erinaceinae, support the species N. sinensis was in distinct genus Neotetracus rather than Hylomys, and N. sinensis diverged later than Echinosorex gymnura.
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Feiyun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Chaochao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xiuyue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bisong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012788:Shrews / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*