title: The complete mitochondrial genome structure of the jaguar (Panthera onca).
abstract: The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest felid in the Western hemisphere, and the only member of the Panthera genus in the New World. The jaguar inhabits most countries within Central and South America, and is considered near threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. This study represents the first sequence of the entire jaguar mitogenome, which was the only Panthera mitogenome that had not been sequenced. The jaguar mitogenome is 17,049 bases and possesses the same molecular structure as other felid mitogenomes. Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood (ML) were used to determine the phylogenetic placement of the jaguar within the Panthera genus. Both BI and ML analyses revealed the jaguar to be sister to the tiger/leopard/snow leopard clade.
authors.affiliation: a Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History , New York , NY , USA .
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caragiulo
authors.affiliation: a Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History , New York , NY , USA .|b Department of Environmental Science , Policy, & Management, University of California-Berkeley , Berkeley , CA , USA , and.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dougherty
authors.affiliation: c Escuela de Biologia, University of Costa Rica , San Jose , Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.affiliation: a Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History , New York , NY , USA .
authors.forename: Salisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.affiliation: a Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History , New York , NY , USA .
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002489:Central America; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D046009:Panthera / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary*; D013020:South America
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Complete mitogenome; Panthera; jaguar