The analysis of the canid mitochondrial genome studied in Morocco shows that it is neither wolf (Canis lupus) nor Eurasian jackal (Canis aureus)

The mitochondrial genome of three Moroccan canids has been analysed. Two of them complete and one partial. The sequences are included in GenBank with the accession numbers KT378605 (16721 bp), KT378606 (16734bp) and KT378607 (27809bp) Theses results have been compared with the results currently avai...

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Main Authors: Urios, Vicente, Donat-Torres, María P., Ramírez Castillo, Carlos, Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio, Rguibi Idrissi, Hamid
Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de València. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia - Escola Politècnica Superior de Gandia, Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integral de Zonas Costeras - Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integral de Zones Costaneres
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PeerJ 2016
Subjects:
Canis anthus
Canis aureus lupaster
Canis lupus lupaster
Canis lupaster
Complete mitochondrial genome
North African jackal
Morocco
BOTANICA
BIOLOGIA VEGETAL
Canis lupus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10251/78319
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1763v1
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Summary:The mitochondrial genome of three Moroccan canids has been analysed. Two of them complete and one partial. The sequences are included in GenBank with the accession numbers KT378605 (16721 bp), KT378606 (16734bp) and KT378607 (27809bp) Theses results have been compared with the results currently available in GenBank. In the phylogenetic analysis of the of cytochrome b regions and control region the three are grouped together with Canis lupus lupaster and the Senegalese golden jackal Canis aureus and separate from the wolf Canis lupus and the Eurasian golden jackal Canis aureus. The comparison of the complete mitochondrial genomes with Canis lupus confirms the distance between the two groups. We conclude that they belong to a different species to the wolf Canis lupus and the Eurasian golden jackal. We propose in agreement with (Koepfli et al., 2015) that it´s scientific name be Canis anthus by merit of being the name by which it was classified and published for the first time as a different species by Cuvier in 1824. Urios, V.; Donat-Torres, MP.; Ramírez Castillo, C.; Monroy-Vilchis, O.; Rguibi Idrissi, H. (2016). The analysis of the canid mitochondrial genome studied in Morocco shows that it is neither wolf (Canis lupus) nor Eurasian jackal (Canis aureus). PeerJ Computer Science. 1(1763):1-19. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.1763v1 S 1 19 1 1763

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