title: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus.
abstract: Here, we describe the budgie's mitochondrial genome sequence, a resource that can facilitate this parrot's use as a model organism as well as for determining its phylogenetic relatedness to other parrots/Psittaciformes. The estimated total length of the sequence was 18,193 bp. In addition to the to the 13 protein and tRNA and rRNA coding regions, the sequence also includes a duplicated hypervariable region, a feature unique to only a few birds. The two hypervariable regions shared a sequence identity of about 86%.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA , USA.
authors.forename: Xiaojing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA , USA.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA , USA.
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D046408:Melopsittacus / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Bird; Melopsittacus undulatus; budgie; complete mitochondrial genome