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<blockquote data-quote="l_raty" data-source="post: 3839385" data-attributes="member: 24811"><p><strong>Numenius tenuirostris</strong></p><p></p><p>Sharko FS, Boulygina ES, Rastorguev SM, Tsygankova SV, Tomkovich PS, Nedoluzhko AV. Phylogenetic position of the presumably extinct slender-billed curlew, <em>Numenius tenuirostris</em>. <em>Mitoch. DNA A</em>: in press.</p><p>[<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2019.1597862" target="_blank">abstract & free supp.info.</a>] [<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332328508" target="_blank">free pdf here</a>]</p><p>[<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK108195" target="_blank">sequence</a>] (Not yet released.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p></p><p>The high-capacity DNA analysis of museum samples opens new opportunities, associated with the investigation of extinct species evolution. Here, the complete mitochondrial genome of the presumably extinct bird species, the slender-billed curlew <em>Numenius tenuirostris</em> (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) is presented. Our results showed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is 16,705 base pairs (bp) in length and contain 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes. The overall base composition of the genome is 30.8% – A, 29.8% – C, 25.4% – T, 14.0% – G, and without a significant GC bias of 43.7%. Phylogenetic analyses based on the cytochrome B (cytB) gene and the whole mtDNA sequences revealed that <em>N. tenuirostris</em> had a close genetic relationship to Eurasian curlew (<em>N. arquata</em>), Far Eastern curlew (<em>N. madagascariensis</em>), and long-billed curlew – <em>N. americanus</em>. Besides, it reveals that Numenius genus is genetically distant from other Scolopacidae taxons. Together, these results provide a clear genetic perspective into the speciation process among the curlew genus members and points to a clear taxonomic position of <em>N. tenuirostris</em>.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Keywords: Extinction, historical DNA, Scolopacidae, mitochondrial genome, museum specimen</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="l_raty, post: 3839385, member: 24811"] [b]Numenius tenuirostris[/b] Sharko FS, Boulygina ES, Rastorguev SM, Tsygankova SV, Tomkovich PS, Nedoluzhko AV. Phylogenetic position of the presumably extinct slender-billed curlew, [I]Numenius tenuirostris[/I]. [I]Mitoch. DNA A[/I]: in press. [[URL="https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2019.1597862"]abstract & free supp.info.[/URL]] [[URL="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332328508"]free pdf here[/URL]] [[URL="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK108195"]sequence[/URL]] (Not yet released.) [B]Abstract[/B] The high-capacity DNA analysis of museum samples opens new opportunities, associated with the investigation of extinct species evolution. Here, the complete mitochondrial genome of the presumably extinct bird species, the slender-billed curlew [I]Numenius tenuirostris[/I] (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) is presented. Our results showed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is 16,705 base pairs (bp) in length and contain 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes. The overall base composition of the genome is 30.8% – A, 29.8% – C, 25.4% – T, 14.0% – G, and without a significant GC bias of 43.7%. Phylogenetic analyses based on the cytochrome B (cytB) gene and the whole mtDNA sequences revealed that [I]N. tenuirostris[/I] had a close genetic relationship to Eurasian curlew ([I]N. arquata[/I]), Far Eastern curlew ([I]N. madagascariensis[/I]), and long-billed curlew – [I]N. americanus[/I]. Besides, it reveals that Numenius genus is genetically distant from other Scolopacidae taxons. Together, these results provide a clear genetic perspective into the speciation process among the curlew genus members and points to a clear taxonomic position of [I]N. tenuirostris[/I]. [SIZE="2"]Keywords: Extinction, historical DNA, Scolopacidae, mitochondrial genome, museum specimen[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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