Complete mitochondrial genome of the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

• Published in: Mitochondrial DNA Part B
• Main Authors: Nagel, Rebecca, Forcada, Jaume, Hoffman, Joseph I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525111/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525111/1/16_09_2019_Complete%20m.pdf; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802359.2019.1662751

The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is an abundant Antarctic otariid. Here, we present the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of this species, which includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and the control region for a total length of 16,156 bp. A phylogenetic analysis including all 25 publically available pinniped mitogenomes nested the Antarctic fur seal within the Otariid clade, which was clearly resolved from the Phocidae and Odobenidae.