A Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Tibetan Antelope ( Pantholops hodgsonii )

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摘要 ToinvestigategeneticmechanismsofhighaltitudeadaptationsofnativemammalsontheTibetanPlateau,wecomparedmitochondrialsequencesoftheendangeredPantholopshodgsoniiwithitslowlanddistantrelativesOvisariesandCaprahircus,aswellasothermammals.ThecompletemitochondrialgenomeofP.hodgsonii(16,498bp)revealedasimilargeneorderasofothermammals.Becauseoftandemduplications,thecontrolregionofP.hodgsoniimitochondrialgenomeisshorterthanthoseofO.ariesandC.hircus,butlongerthanthoseofBosspecies.PhylogeneticanalysisbasedonalignmentsoftheentirecytochromebgenessuggestedthatP.hodgsoniiismorecloselyrelatedtoO.ariesandC.hircus,ratherthantospeciesoftheAntilopinaesubfamily.TheestimateddivergencetimebetweenP.hodgsoniiandO.ariesisabout2.25millionyearsago.FurtheranalysisonnaturalselectionindicatedthattheCOXI(cytochromecoxidasesubunitI)genewasunderpositiveselectioninP.hodgsoniiandBosgrunniens.Consideringthesameclimatesandenvironmentssharedbythesetwomammalianspecies,weproposedthatthemitochondrialCOXIgeneisprobablyrelevantforthesenativemammalstoadaptthehighaltitudeenvironmentuniquetotheTibetanPlateau.
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出版日期 2005年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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