White Nina F D, Cunningham Andrew A, Hudson Michael A, Orozco-terWengel Pablo
Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff, UK.
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Apr 8;6(4):1372-1373. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1907809.
The mountain chicken frog () is a critically endangered frog native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat. Over the past 25 years their populations have declined by over 85%, largely due to a chytridiomycosis outbreak that nearly wiped out the Montserratian population. Within the context of developing tools that can aid in the conservation of the mountain chicken frog, we assembled its complete mitochondrial genome, contributing the first complete mitogenome of the genus Leptodactylus (Genbank Accession number MW260634). The circular genome is 18,669 bp long and contains 37 genes. A phylogenetic analysis reveals that forms a clade with , highlighting the close relationship of Leptodactylus spp. relative to other species from the superfamily Hyloidea included in the analysis.
多米尼克裸背蟾蜍是一种极度濒危的蛙类，原产于加勒比海的多米尼克岛和蒙特塞拉特岛。在过去25年里，它们的数量减少了85%以上，主要原因是一场壶菌病疫情，几乎使蒙特塞拉特岛的种群灭绝。在开发有助于保护多米尼克裸背蟾蜍的工具的背景下，我们组装了其完整的线粒体基因组，贡献了细趾蟾属的首个完整有丝分裂基因组（Genbank登录号MW260634）。这个环状基因组长度为18,669碱基对，包含37个基因。系统发育分析表明， 与 形成一个进化枝，突出了细趾蟾属物种相对于分析中包含的雨蛙超科其他物种的密切关系。
