title: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur nayaur (Cetartiodactyla: Caprinae).
abstract: The blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur nayaur) belongs to the subfamily Caprinae, and is distributed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and peripheral mountains of China. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of P. n. nayaur was sequenced. It was determined to be of 16,700 bases. The nucleotide sequence data of 12 heavy-strand protein-coding genes of P. n. nayaur and other 29 caprine species were used for phylogenetic analysis. Phylogenetic trees were reconstructed by Bayesian and maximum likelihood methods, and it suggested that P. n. nayaur was the sister group of P. schaeferi and P. nayaur, and also indicated a close relationship of genus Pseudois with genus Capra.
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , Sichuan , P.R. China and.|b Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Biopharmaceutics , School of Life Science and Technology, Mianyang Normal University , Mianyang , Sichuan , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Li-Chun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , Sichuan , P.R. China and.
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , Sichuan , P.R. China and.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education) , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , Sichuan , P.R. China and.
authors.forename: Fang-Dong
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D002681:China; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Caprinae; Pseudois nayaur nayaur; complete mitochondrial genome; phylogeny; protein-coding genes