title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Saker falcon, Falco cherrug (Falco, Falconidae).
abstract: The Falco cherrug (Saker falcon) is a large bird of prey. In this article, the complete mitochondrial genome of F. cherrug has been determined for the first time. The mitogenome (18,059 bp) comprised 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 1 control region. Most protein-coding genes started with an ATG or ATA codon except for COI, which initiated with nontypical start codon of GTG instead, and terminated with the typical stop codon (TAA/TAG/AGA/AGG) or a single T. Two tandem repeats were identified in the control region, which was almost identical to Falco peregrinus, and the length of these two repeats are 204 bp and 291 bp, respectively.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , China .|b BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , China , and.|c BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , China .|b BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , China , and.|c BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , China .|b BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , China , and.|c BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: c BGI-Shenzhen , Shenzhen , China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon; D046093:Falconiformes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D003062:Codon
keywords: Falco cherrug; Falconidae; mitogenome; tandem repeat