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The complete mitochondrial genome of the national bird of Peru: Rupicola peruvianus (Aves, Passeriformes, Cotingidae).

Authors :
Bustamante, Danilo E.
Hughey, Jeffery R.
Mendoza, Jani E.
Tineo, Daniel
Perez, Jhordy
Oliva, Manuel
Leiva, Santos
Calderon, Martha S.
Source :
Mitochondrial DNA: Resources; Dec2019, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p3975-3976, 2p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Rupicola peruvianus Latham, known as the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock or locally as Tunqui, is distributed in the Andean cloud forests of South America from Venezuela to Bolivia. Here, we contribute to the bioinformatics and evolutionary systematics of the Cotingidae by performing high-throughput sequencing analysis on R. peruvianus from Luya, Amazonas, Peru. The R. peruvianus mitogenome is 17,035 base pairs (bp) in length and contains 37 genes (GenBank accession No. MN602289). The mitogenome is similar in structure and content to published mitogenomes from the neognathid orders Passeriformes and Falconiformes. Phylogenomic analysis of the R. peruvianus mitogenome situates it in a clade with the Pipridae, sister to the Tyrannidae. We anticipate that further mitogenome sequencing of the parvorder Tyrannida will improve the phylogenetic resolution and our understanding of the evolutionary history of this taxon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23802359
Volume :
4
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Mitochondrial DNA: Resources
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
141314542
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1688721