title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Tyto longimembris (Strigiformes: Tytonidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Tyto longimembris has been determined in this study. It is 18,466 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and a non-coding control region (D-loop). The overall base composition of the heavy strand of the T. longimembris mitochondrial genome is A: 30.1%, T: 23.5%, C: 31.8% and G: 14.6%. The structure of control region should be characterized by a region containing tandem repeats as two definitely separated clusters of tandem repeats were found. This study provided an important data set for phylogenetic and taxonomic analyses of Tyto species.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yankuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lujun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Guangyong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020305:Strigiformes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
keywords: Mitogenome; Tyto longimembris; Tytonidae