title: The complete mitochondrial genome of sika deer Cervus nippon (Cetartiodactyla: Cervinae) South Anhui population.
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of sika deer (Cervus nippon) South Anhui population is a circular molecule of 16,429 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs and a control region. The A + T content of the overall base composition of H-strand is 62% (T: 28.7%; C: 24.6%; A: 33.3%; G: 13.4%). ND2, ND3 and ND5 genes begin with ATA as start codon, ND4L gene begins with GTG as start codon, while other nine protein-coding genes start with a typical ATG initiation codon. ND1, COI, COII, ATP8, ATP6, ND4L, ND5 and ND6 genes are terminated with TAA as stop codon, ND2 ends with TAG, COIII, ND3 and ND4 ends with T, Cyt b ends with AGA.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hong-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Hong-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003062:Codon; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D003670:Deer / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer