More evolution underground: Accelerated mitochondrial substitution rate in Australian burrowing freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae)

摘要

Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights?Whole mitogenome sequencing of 24 freshwater crayfish from Australia and Indonesia.?Australian burrowing crayfish exhibit accelerated mitochondrial substitution rate .?Varying degrees of mitochondrial gene rearrangement in Australian burrowing crayfish.?First report of duplicated mitochondrial control regions in freshwater crayfish.AbstractTo further understand the evolutionary history and mitogenomic features of Australia’s highly distinctive freshwater crayfish fauna, we utilized a recently described rapid mitogenome sequencing pipeline to generate 24 new crayfi