title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Lacerta bilineata and comparison with its closely related congener L. Viridis.
abstract: We sequenced the mitochondrial genome of the Western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) using Illumina technology and additional Sanger sequencing. The assembled 17 086 bp mitogenome had a GC content of 40.32% and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and one control region (CR), with a gene order identical to the chordate consensus. In addition, we re-sequenced the mitogenome of the closely related Eastern green lizard L. viridis using the same techniques as for L. bilineata. The mitogenomes of L. bilineata and L. viridis showed a sequence identity of 94.4% and 99.9%, respectively, relative to the previously published L. viridis mitogenome. The phylogenetic reconstruction based on 17 Lacertinae mitogenomes using Anolis carolinensis as the outgroup supported L. bilineata and its sister species L. viridis as distinct lineages.
authors.affiliation: a German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|b Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|c Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Sree Rohit
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kolora
authors.affiliation: d CIBIO, Centro De Investigacßao Em Biodiversidade E Recursos Geneticos, InBio, Laboratorio Associado, Universidade Do Porto , Campus Agrário De Vairão , Vairão , Portugal.|e Institute of Evolutionary Biology (Universitat Pompeu Fabra-CSIC) , PRBB, Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.affiliation: b Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|f Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , Deutscher Platz 6 , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weigert
authors.affiliation: b Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.affiliation: g Department of Conservation Biology , UFZ - Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Annegret
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.affiliation: g Department of Conservation Biology , UFZ - Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Henle
authors.affiliation: c Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Abdullah H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sahyoun
authors.affiliation: c Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|h Paul-Flechsig-Institute for Brain Research, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|i Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences , Leipzig , Germany.|j Fraunhofer Institut Für Zelltherapie Und Immunologie , Leipzig , Germany.|k Department of Theoretical Chemistry , University of Vienna , Wien , Austria.|l Center for non-Coding RNA In Technology and Health, University of Copenhagen , Frederiksberg , Denmark.|m Santa Fe Institute , Santa Fe , NM , USA , and.
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Stadler
authors.affiliation: c Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|h Paul-Flechsig-Institute for Brain Research, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|n TFome Research Group, Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Center of Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowick
authors.affiliation: a German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|b Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bleidorn
authors.affiliation: a German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.|b Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlegel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005260:Female; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D008116:Lizards / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Illumina sequencing; Lacerta bilineata; Lacerta viridis; Lacertinae; phylogeny