The complete mitochondrial genome of Gyps coprotheres (Aves, Accipitridae, Accipitriformes): phylogenetic analysis of mitogenome among raptors

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Emmanuel Oluwasegun Adawaren¹  Morne Du Plessis²  Essa Suleman³  Duodane Kindler³  Almero O. Oosthuizen²  Lillian Mukandiwa¹  Vinny Naidoo⁵ 

[1] Department of Paraclinical Science/Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria;Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics, South African National Biodiversity Institute;Molecular Diagnostics, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research;Current affiliation:, Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics, South African National Biodiversity Institute;Paraclinical Science/Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria

关键词: Cape vulture;    Accipitridae;    Phylogeny;    Susceptibility;    Diclofenac toxicity;    Raptors;    Mitochondrial;    Genome;    Accipitriformes;    Gyps coprotheres;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.10034

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Three species of Old World vultures on the Asian peninsula are slowly recovering from the lethal consequences of diclofenac. At present the reason for species sensitivity to diclofenac is unknown. Furthermore, it has since been demonstrated that other Old World vultures like the Cape (Gyps coprotheres; CGV) and griffon (G. fulvus) vultures are also susceptible to diclofenac toxicity. Oddly, the New World Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) and pied crow (Corvus albus) are not susceptible to diclofenac toxicity. As a result of the latter, we postulate an evolutionary link to toxicity. As a first step in understanding the susceptibility to diclofenac toxicity, we use the CGV as a model species for phylogenetic evaluations, by comparing the relatedness of various raptor species known to be susceptible, non-susceptible and suspected by their relationship to the Cape vulture mitogenome. This was achieved by next generation sequencing and assembly. The Cape vulture mitogenome had a genome size of 16,908 bp. The mitogenome phylogenetic analysis indicated a close evolutionary relationship between Old World vultures and other members of the Accipitridae as indicated by bootstrap value of 100% on the phylogenetic trees. Based on this, we postulate that the other species could also be sensitive to the toxic effects of diclofenac. This warrants further investigations.

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