title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Fancy Pigeon, Columba livia (Columbiformes: Columbidae).
abstract: The fancy pigeons are domesticated varieties of the rock pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. In the present work, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of fancy pigeon for the first time. The total length of the mitogenome was 17,233 bp with the base composition of 30.1% for A, 24.0% for T, 31.9% for C, and 14.0% for G and an A-T (54.2 %)-rich feature was detected. It harbored 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 1 non-coding control region (D-loop region). The arrangement of all genes was identical to the typical mitochondrial genomes of pigeon. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of fancy pigeon would serve as an important data set of the germplasm resources for further study.
authors: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science College, Hebei North University , Zhangjiakou , PR China.
authors: Rui-Hua
authors: RH
authors: Zhang
authors: Ming-Ju
authors: MJ
authors: Xu
authors: Cun-Lian
authors: CL
authors: Wang
authors: Tong
authors: T
authors: Xu
authors: Dong
authors: D
authors: Wei
authors: Bao-Jian
authors: BJ
authors: Liu
authors: Guo-Hua
authors: GH
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D010856:Columbidae / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Fancy Pigeon (Columba livia); genome; mitochondrion