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<blockquote data-quote="Murray Lord" data-source="post: 3786104" data-attributes="member: 49730"><p><strong>Two new mitogenomes of Pellorneidae and a phylogeny of the superfamily Sylvioidea</strong></p><p></p><p>Two new mitogenomes of Pellorneidae (Aves: Passeriformes) and a phylogeny of the superfamily Sylvioidea </p><p></p><p>Zuhao Huang, Feiyun Tu , Shan Tang </p><p></p><p>Australian Journal of Zoology</p><p></p><p>Abstract </p><p></p><p>The superfamily Sylvioidea contains the most diversified species within the Passerida. Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia and Eyebrowed Wren-babbler Napothera epilepidota are special birds with a weak flight and live in lightly wooded or scrubland environments. In the present study, two new mitogenomes of A. morrisonia (KX376475) and N. epilepidota (KX831093) within the superfamily Sylvioidea were sequenced and their total lengths were 17,788 bp and 17,913 bp, respectively. Both mitogenomes comprised 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs and two control regions (CR and CCR). Similar to most metazoans, both mitogenomes and their protein-coding genes encoded on the H-strand displayed typical positive AT skews and negative GC skews. Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analyses were conducted based on partitioned data of mitogenomes and two identical topologies were observed. The family-level phylogenetic relationships ((((Pellorneidae, Leiothrichidae) Timaliidae) Zosteropidae) Sylviidae) among the superfamily Sylvioidea, were strongly supported. Within the family Pellorneidae, A. morrisonia clustered with N. epilepidota. Within Leiothrichidae, we further demonstrated that Babax lanceolatus was sister to Garrulax perspicillatus, and Spizixos semitorques was nested in the genus Pycnonotus based on mitogenomic data and we proposed that the generic placement of Spizixos should be reconsidered. </p><p></p><p>Accepted 11 October 2018</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murray Lord, post: 3786104, member: 49730"] [b]Two new mitogenomes of Pellorneidae and a phylogeny of the superfamily Sylvioidea[/b] Two new mitogenomes of Pellorneidae (Aves: Passeriformes) and a phylogeny of the superfamily Sylvioidea Zuhao Huang, Feiyun Tu , Shan Tang Australian Journal of Zoology Abstract The superfamily Sylvioidea contains the most diversified species within the Passerida. Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia and Eyebrowed Wren-babbler Napothera epilepidota are special birds with a weak flight and live in lightly wooded or scrubland environments. In the present study, two new mitogenomes of A. morrisonia (KX376475) and N. epilepidota (KX831093) within the superfamily Sylvioidea were sequenced and their total lengths were 17,788 bp and 17,913 bp, respectively. Both mitogenomes comprised 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs and two control regions (CR and CCR). Similar to most metazoans, both mitogenomes and their protein-coding genes encoded on the H-strand displayed typical positive AT skews and negative GC skews. Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analyses were conducted based on partitioned data of mitogenomes and two identical topologies were observed. The family-level phylogenetic relationships ((((Pellorneidae, Leiothrichidae) Timaliidae) Zosteropidae) Sylviidae) among the superfamily Sylvioidea, were strongly supported. Within the family Pellorneidae, A. morrisonia clustered with N. epilepidota. Within Leiothrichidae, we further demonstrated that Babax lanceolatus was sister to Garrulax perspicillatus, and Spizixos semitorques was nested in the genus Pycnonotus based on mitogenomic data and we proposed that the generic placement of Spizixos should be reconsidered. Accepted 11 October 2018 [/QUOTE]
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