title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Blue Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon auritum (Galliformes: Phasianidae).
abstract: The circular mitochondrial genome of Crossoptilon auritum is 16,687 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and a putative control region. All of the genes encoded on the H-strand, except for one PCG (nad6) and eight tRNA genes (tRNA(Gln), tRNA (Ala), tRNA (Asn), tRNA(Cys), tRNA(Tyr), tRNA(Ser)((UCN)), tRNA(Pro), and tRNA(Glu)), as found in many other birds' mitochondrial genomes. All of these PCGs are initiated with ATG, except for cox1 and nad5, which began with GTG, while stopped by four types of stop codons. All tRNA genes have the potential to fold into typical clover-leaf structure. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the genus Crossoptilon was the sister of the genus Lophura.
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.|b The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qiongqiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.|b The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xifeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Dongsheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China and.|b The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xianzhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046094:Galliformes / Q000235:genetics*; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Crossoptilon auritum; Phasianidae; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetics