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18 November 2015 The complete mitochondrial genomes of nine white-tailed deer subspecies and their genomic differences
Pascuala Ambriz-Morales, Xochitl F. De La Rosa-Reyna, Ana Maria Sifuentes-Rincon, G. Manuel Parra-Bracamonte, Abraham Villa-Melchor, Omar Chassin-Noria, Williams Arellano-Vera
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Abstract

The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is an important, sustainable-use species in Mexico; 14 subspecies are widely distributed throughout the Mexican territory. The criteria for classifying subspecies is based on morphological features throughout their geographical range; however, the complete genetic characterization of Mexican subspecies has not been established. The objective of the present work is to report the mitogenomes of 9 of the 14 white-tailed deer subspecies from Mexico and identify their unique variations. Typical vertebrate mitogenomes structures (i.e., 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes) were observed in the studied subspecies. The greatest numbers of polymorphisms were identified in the D-loop, ND4, ND5, CYTB/ COI, ATP6, and COIII genes. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the southern and southeastern subspecies were distinct from the central and northern subspecies; the greatest genetic distances were also observed between these 2 groups. These subspecies-specific variations could be useful for designing a strategy to genetically characterize the studied subspecies.

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Pascuala Ambriz-Morales, Xochitl F. De La Rosa-Reyna, Ana Maria Sifuentes-Rincon, G. Manuel Parra-Bracamonte, Abraham Villa-Melchor, Omar Chassin-Noria, and Williams Arellano-Vera "The complete mitochondrial genomes of nine white-tailed deer subspecies and their genomic differences," Journal of Mammalogy 97(1), 234-245, (18 November 2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv172
Received: 13 July 2015; Accepted: 10 October 2015; Published: 18 November 2015
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