title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Chrysolophus pictus (Galliformes: Phasianidae) and a phylogenetic analysis with related species.
abstract: The 16,678 bp mitochondrial genome of the Chrysolophus pictus has been sequenced in this paper. To determine the phylogentic position of C. pictus with related species within Phasianidae, the phylogenetic tree was reconstructed with the concatenated nucleotide dataset of the 12 heavy-strand-encoded protein genes. The phylogenetic analysis was carried out using maximum parsimony (MP) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods. MP and BI phylogenetic trees here showed similar topology and consistently suggested that C. pictus shared a close relationship with Phasianus versicolor. The results also showed that the Meleagris gallopavo possessed a basal phylogenetic position within Phasianidae, which may imply that it should be classified into the Phasianidae.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, PR China.
authors.forename: Hui-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: De-Long
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zhen-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Xin-Min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D046094:Galliformes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity