title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus (Passeriformes: Fringillidae).
abstract: The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus), also called the European siskin, common siskin or just siskin, is found throughout Europe and Asia. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of S. spinus was determined to be 16,828 bp. The size of protein-coding genes (PCGs) in the S. spinus mitochondrial genome was 11,400 bp. The longest PCG of S. spinus mtDNA was nad5 (1818 bp), whereas the shortest is atp8 (168 bp). The nad6 gene of S. spinus mitogenome had strong skews of T versus A (-0.54), and G versus C (0.64). According to the distribution of the conserved motifs in other avian CRs, the CR of S. spinus can be divided into three domains: ETAS domain I, central conserved domain II, and CSB domain III.
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
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.
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.
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: Liqin
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: 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 and.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Control region; fringillidae; mitochondrial genome; spinus spinus