title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus).
abstract: We present the complete mitochondrial genome (accession number: LK995454) of an iconic Australian species, the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). The mitogenomic organization is consistent with other marsupials, encoding 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, an origin of light strand replication and a control region or D-loop. No repetitive sequences were detected in the control region. The M. giganteus mitogenome exemplifies a combination of tRNA gene order and structural peculiarities that appear to be unique to marsupials. We present a maximum likelihood phylogeny based on complete mitochondrial protein and RNA coding sequences that confirms the phylogenetic position of the grey kangaroo among macropodids.
authors.affiliation: a School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Australia .
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Dodt
authors.affiliation: b School of Physical Sciences, University of Tasmania , Hobart , Australia .
authors.forename: Bennet J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: McComish
authors.affiliation: c Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, BiK-F, Senckenberg Museum , Frankfurt am Main , Germany .
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.affiliation: d Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University , Palmerston North , New Zealand , and.
authors.forename: Gillian C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.affiliation: e Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University , Palmerston North , New Zealand.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Penny
authors.affiliation: a School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Australia .
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Grey kangaroo; Macropus; RNA-editing; mitochondrion; mt genome