title: The complete mitochondrial genome of domestic sheep, Ovis aries.
abstract: In this study, we report a complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence of the Texel ewe, Ovis aries. The total genome is 16,615 bp in length and its overall base composition was estimated to be 33.68% for A, 27.36% for T, 25.86% for C, and 13.10% for G indicating an AT-rich (61.04%) feature in the O. aries mtgenome. It contains a total of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and a control region (D-loop region). Comparisons with other publicly available sheep mitogenomes revealed a bunch of nucleotide diversity. This complete mitgenome sequence would enlarge useful genomic information for further studies on sheep evolution and domestication that will enhance germplasm conservation and breeding programs of O. aries.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China and.
authors.forename: Xiao-di
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China and.|b Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Kunming , China.
authors.forename: Li-zhi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D014644:Genetic Variation; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D034561:Sheep, Domestic / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Comparative mitochondrial genomics; Ovis aries; Texel ewe