title: Mitochondrial genome of Pteronotus personatus (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae): comparison with selected bats and phylogenetic considerations.
abstract: We described the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the Wagner's mustached bat, Pteronotus personatus, a species belonging to the family Mormoopidae, and compared it with other published mitogenomes of bats (Chiroptera). The mitogenome of P. personatus was 16,570 bp long and contained a typically conserved structure including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and one control region (D-loop). Most of the genes were encoded on the H-strand, except for eight tRNA and the ND6 genes. The order of protein-coding and rRNA genes was highly conserved in all mitogenomes. All protein-coding genes started with an ATG codon, except for ND2, ND3, and ND5, which initiated with ATA, and terminated with the typical stop codon TAA/TAG or the codon AGA. Phylogenetic trees constructed using Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, and Bayesian inference methods showed an identical topology and indicated the monophyly of different families of bats (Mormoopidae, Phyllostomidae, Vespertilionidae, Rhinolophidae, and Pteropopidae) and the existence of two major clades corresponding to the suborders Yangochiroptera and Yinpterochiroptera. The mitogenome sequence provided here will be useful for further phylogenetic analyses and population genetic studies in mormoopid bats.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, C.P. 09340, Iztapalapa, México D.F., Mexico.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Wilchis
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Acuicultura, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, CP 22860, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. mdelrio@cicese.mx.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Del Río-Portilla
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, C.P. 09340, Iztapalapa, México D.F., Mexico. lmgc@xanum.uam.mx.
authors.forename: Luis Manuel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Guevara-Chumacero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D003062:Codon; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D003062:Codon
keywords: Illumina sequencing; Mitogenomics; Phylogeny; Pteronotus personatus