Lan Yanhong, Liu Mengjia, Cao Yi
Microbiology and Metabolic Engineering of Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Jan 8;3(1):97-98. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1422396.
The fat sand rats () can easily induce obesity and acquire type 2 diabetes mellitus when they are fed with high-carbohydrate diets. is often used as an animal model for studies on diabetes and obesity. We described 16,592 bp of mtDNA that contains 13 protein-coding genes (PGCs), two rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and one control region (D-loop). The complete mitochondrial genome sequence provided here would be useful for further understanding the evolution of ratite and conservation genetics of .
肥沙鼠在喂食高碳水化合物饮食时很容易诱发肥胖并患上2型糖尿病。它常被用作糖尿病和肥胖研究的动物模型。我们描述了肥沙鼠线粒体DNA的16592 bp，其中包含13个蛋白质编码基因（PGCs）、两个rRNA基因（12S rRNA和16S rRNA）、22个转移RNA（tRNA）基因和一个控制区（D-loop）。这里提供的完整线粒体基因组序列将有助于进一步了解平胸鸟类的进化以及肥沙鼠的保护遗传学。
