title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Black-capped Bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae).
abstract: The first complete maternally-inherited mitochondrial genome of Pycnonotus melanicterus has been sequenced and annotated in this study. The mitogenome is 17,011 bp in size with an A+T content of 55.15%, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (srRNA and lrRNA) genes, and 2 extensive heteroplasmic control regions. Genome organization and gene arrangements of P. melanicterus are similar to those of other bulbuls. All 13 PCGs initiated with ATG as the start codon, while terminated by seven types of stop codons. All tRNA genes sequences have the potential to fold into typical cloverleaf secondary structures. Gene overlapping was observed in the P. melanicterus mitogenome. Moreover, our results of phylogenetic analysis well support the monophyly of Pycnonotidae as previously studies.
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , 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 .
authors.forename: Chaoju
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China .
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 .|b The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China , and.
authors.forename: Xifeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: c Department of Medical Biology , Wannan Medical College , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a The Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui , Wuhu , People's Republic of China .
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 .
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 .
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
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 .
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
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 .|b The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China , and.
authors.forename: Xianzhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D023061:Gene Order; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Pycnonotidae; Pycnonotus melanicterus; phylogeny