Figure 3.

The mitochondrial genomes of Pleistocene Don-hare. (A) Circular representation of the L. tanaiticus mitochondrial genomes (specimens Z1, Z3, Z4, Z43 and Z5). Genes encoded by the heavy (H) strand are shown outside and those encoded by the light (L) strand are shown inside the mitogenome. Different genes are shown as filled boxes in different colours. (B) Parsimony phylogenetic tree of Lepus species, including the “young” (marked by the red box) and “old” (marked by the blue box) L. tanaiticus specimens, based on their mitochondrial DNA sequences. Bootstrap values are shown in the nodes of phylogenetic reconstruction.