BackgroundAt present, the phylogenetic relationship of the Sisoridae is relatively chaotic.
ObjectiveThis study systematically investigated the mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of three species Creteuchiloglanis kamengensis, Glaridoglanis andersonii, and Exostoma sp., reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships of the family and to determine the phylogenetic position of Exostoma sp. within Sisoridae.
MethodThe sample of three Sisoridae were collected and DNA were extracted. After sequencing, NOVOPlasty was used for sequence assembly. Annotate sequences with MITOS WebServer, tRNAscan-SE2.0, and NCBI database. MEGA was used for sequence analysis and Phylosuite was used for phylogenetic tree construction.
ResultsThe lengths of the mitogenomes' sequences of C. kamengensis, G. andersonii, and Exostoma sp were 16,589, 16,531, and 16,529 bp, respectively. They contained one identical control region (D-loop), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes among the three species. We applied two approaches, Bayesian Inference (BI) and Maximum Likelihood (ML), to build phylogenetic trees. Our ndings revealed that the topological structure of both ML and BI trees exhibited signi cant congruence. Speci cally, the monophyly of Sisorinae and Glyptosternoids was robustly supported in the ML tree.
ConclusionIt also proves that the current phylogenetic relationship of Sisoridae is relatively chaotic, and provides new molecular biology data support for the reconstruction of the phylogenetic relationship of Sisoridae. This study will be of great scienti c value to the study of phylogeny and the genetic variation of Sisoridae.