title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Parus ater (Passeriformes, Paridae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Coal Tit (Parus ater) consisted 16,783 bp, the genome harbored the same gene order with that of other birds, contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and 1 non-coding control region. The all tRNAs can formed typical cloverleaf secondary structures (excluding tRNA(Ser-AGY)). A total of 38 base mismatches appeared, mainly 28 for G-U mismatch, 5 for A-C mismatch, 2 for U-U mismatch. The third loci of codon existed obvious base bias. The control region was between tRNA(Glu) and tRNA(Phe), consisted 1195 bp, no repetitive sequence.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao Yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D023061:Gene Order; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Parus ater; Passeriformes