@article{5b20372a78ba4440aa875954055c67e6,
title = "Complete mitochondrial genome of the giant root-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus)",
abstract = "The endangered giant root-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, also known as giant mole rat) is a fossorial rodent endemic to the afro-alpine grasslands of the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia. The species is an important ecosystem engineer with the majority of the global population found within 1000 km2. Here, we present the first complete mitochondrial genome of the giant root-rat and the genus Tachyoryctes, recovered using shotgun sequencing and iterative mapping. A phylogenetic analysis including 15 other representatives of the family Spalacidae placed Tachyoryctes as sister genus to Rhizomys with high support. This position is in accordance with a recent study revealing the topology of the Spalacidae family. The full mitochondrial genome of the giant root-rat presents an important resource for further population genetic studies.",
keywords = "Bale Mountains, Mitochondrial genome, phylogenetics, Tachyoryctes",
author = "Reuber, \{Victoria M.\} and Alba Rey-Iglesia and Westbury, \{Michael V.\} and Cabrera, \{Andrea A.\} and Nina Farwig and Mikkel Skovrind and Radim {\v S}umbera and Tilaye Wube and Lars Opgenoorth and Schabo, \{Dana G.\} and Lorenzen, \{Eline D.\}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the German Research Council (DFG) in the framework of the joint Ethio-European DFG Research Unit 2358 ?The Mountain Exile Hypothesis. How humans benefited from and re-shaped African high-altitude ecosystems during Quaternary climate changes? [FA-925/14-1], [OP-219/10-2], [SCHA-2085/3-1] and the Czech Science Foundation [18-17398S]. We are grateful to the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, the College of Natural and Computational Sciences (Addis Ababa University), the Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management (Addis Ababa University), the University of Marburg, the Frankfurt Zoological Society, the Ethiopian Wolf Project, and the Bale Mountains National Park for their cooperation and kind permission to conduct field work. We are thankful to Addisu Asefa, Awol Asefa, Wege Abebe, Mohammed Ahmed Muhammed, Georg Miehe and Katinka Thielsen for contributing to the preparation and implementation of the field work, and Usman Abdella, Hamza Ahmed, Mohammed Kadir, Kasim Adem, Hussein Umer and Sophie Haje, for their great assistance in the field. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1080/23802359.2021.1944388",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
pages = "2191--2193",
journal = "Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources",
issn = "2380-2359",
publisher = "Taylor \& Francis Group",
number = "8",
}